RalphJackson
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- Sep 5, 2014
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- Learn about ALS
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- US
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- Ny
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- Brooklyn
I have heard of ALS only through Lou Gehrig. I have seen the ice bucket challenges gain popularity recently. I am in college to be a physical trainer and have been working out excessively lifting heavy weights when I noticed fasciculations in my body and tremors when sleeping. I started to research ALS and of course got frightened. This is not the purpose of this thread however. Looking at various studies and cases of incidence I have realized that many individuals were very physically active at some stage in their lives. Now I realize that most people are at some point. What I am talking about here is marathon runners ,weight lifters, body building professionals, or collegiate athletes. I feel like there is some kind of link in conjunction with a certain gene of some type that triggers the ALS. Almost as if the physical exertion releases some time of a hormone or chemical into the body the connects with the gene and commences a breakdown of muscle tissue by signals sent neurologically . What I would like to know is how many of you were professional or collegiate athletes. How many of you pushed your bodies past it's limits physically? If you did how old were you when you were diagnosed? I don't know if a moderator will see this but this topic needs to be researched further and bought to someone's attention who can make a difference. I want this disease cured, I am very sensitive and compassionate about people affected and don't want anymore lives taken by this horrific disease.