rcharlton
Moderator emeritus
- Joined
- Jun 20, 2005
- Messages
- 641
- Reason
- PALS
- Diagnosis
- 11/2005
- Country
- CA
- State
- Ontario
- City
- Toronto
My neurologist Dr. Strong has told me that he and his colleaques around the world have noticed a surge in ALS cases.
There could be a myriad of reasons for this - including better diagnostic tests - but it could also mean there is something going on.
Now it appears to me that there a number of fairly young males who have recently joined this site who were diagnosed around last summer. Any young femals PALS out there who are recently diagnosed?
Now I know that a lot of older PALS are probably less inclined to use the internet - so that may be why we don't hear from them.
OK - so all of you recently diagnosed younger males - what's up? What environmental factors have you been exposed to?
What do you do that different than those around you? Maybe there are some common elements....
For me:
I've eaten an apple a day for my life - pesticides?
I'm an avid cyclist - car exhaust?
I swam a lot - chlorine?
I have always had a dog
I grew up in big city
A few months before my diagnosed I slipped and banged the side of my head and nearly had a concussion - trauma?
I burn easily
I'll keep thinking.
Obviously there are millions who do the same things I do - but maybe PALS have less tolerance to some environmental factors - so let's put are heads together to see if there are any links...
There could be a myriad of reasons for this - including better diagnostic tests - but it could also mean there is something going on.
Now it appears to me that there a number of fairly young males who have recently joined this site who were diagnosed around last summer. Any young femals PALS out there who are recently diagnosed?
Now I know that a lot of older PALS are probably less inclined to use the internet - so that may be why we don't hear from them.
OK - so all of you recently diagnosed younger males - what's up? What environmental factors have you been exposed to?
What do you do that different than those around you? Maybe there are some common elements....
For me:
I've eaten an apple a day for my life - pesticides?
I'm an avid cyclist - car exhaust?
I swam a lot - chlorine?
I have always had a dog
I grew up in big city
A few months before my diagnosed I slipped and banged the side of my head and nearly had a concussion - trauma?
I burn easily
I'll keep thinking.
Obviously there are millions who do the same things I do - but maybe PALS have less tolerance to some environmental factors - so let's put are heads together to see if there are any links...