ptich
Distinguished member
- Joined
- Jan 12, 2007
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- 171
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- US
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- California
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- Mountain View
Obviously, the first thing on mind of those with early stage of slow-progressing ALS is what they can do to keep progresson slow. Unfortunately, in most cases the answer probably is that it is not something they could control. Still, there were quite a few posts desribing events that rapidly accelerated progesson:
1. Banging accidentally one's head badly was mentioned more than once as a cause of going from mild (or none at all) symptoms to advance ALS pretty rapidly.
2. Stress, mostly caused by the fear of the desease itself, was mentioned as causing great deterioration in symptoms, though I am not sure if it actually indicated faster progresson - it is not as clear as in case #1.
Did somebody notice potential connections between other things and ALS progression ? Like going to a different climate for a vacation, etc ?
1. Banging accidentally one's head badly was mentioned more than once as a cause of going from mild (or none at all) symptoms to advance ALS pretty rapidly.
2. Stress, mostly caused by the fear of the desease itself, was mentioned as causing great deterioration in symptoms, though I am not sure if it actually indicated faster progresson - it is not as clear as in case #1.
Did somebody notice potential connections between other things and ALS progression ? Like going to a different climate for a vacation, etc ?