nebrhahe53
Very helpful member
- Joined
- Jun 13, 2014
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- 1,017
- Reason
- PALS
- Diagnosis
- 06/2014
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- US
- State
- Tx
- City
- Austin
I wish to God it was catching. If it was there would be a cure by now and I wouldn't have to die
i just registered in this forum to pass this information, one of my relatives wife has ALS she managed to catch it early ,they been living together for more than 20 years now.
recentrly though he was also daiagnoised with ALS ( LATE STAGES ).
i just can't believe that he didnt get it from her, it is really hard to consider this as a coincidence.
unfortunalty for him it seems like its in very late stages. i really hope they find a cure for it one day
If a disease is contagious, it's obvious to every medical professional.
Since 1869, no professional has asserted ALS to be contagious.
ALS is not contagious.
Can there be a coincidence where two closely related people get ALS?
I think yes.
Of the, probably, half million people who have had ALS since the disease was discovered, I think it's fair to think that there will be plenty of interesting coincidences.
ALS is not contagious.
I have a friend (no really, I'm no typing one of those stupid stories that starts this way)
She and her husband went to the skin specialist together for a full check over and BOTH were diagnosed with melanoma. Both were treated, he died.
A couple of years later she remarried. After only 3 years, the new husband was diagnosed with melanoma. He died.
My theory is that she is a carrier and her husbands are catching the more deadly strain from her because she has lived a long time and they keep dying.
Makes as much sense as the opening post here
Yes I'm being stupid but things are quiet here lately.
Tillie
leowl, I am sorry if our responses hurt you, but it is dangerous to post that ALS is contageous as some people believe everything they see on the internet and this disease is most definately not contageous. BTW, affected remembers all too clearly what it is like to know someone with ALS as her husband had it and FTD. HIs was very aggressive and she lived the worst kind of nightmare, caring for him till the end.