Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)

Authors

  • Anilkumar B. Jarali Lecturer, Dept. of Psychiatric Nursing P. D. Bharatesh College of Nursing, Halaga, Belgaum-03.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.37628/ijnn.v2i1.134

Abstract

ALS, or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, is a progressive neurodegenerative disease that affects nerve cells in the brain and the spinal cord. A-myo-trophic comes from the Greek language. "A" means no. "Myo" refers to muscle, and "Trophic" means nourishment – "No muscle nourishment." When a muscle has no nourishment, it "atrophies" or wastes away. "Lateral" identifies the areas in a person's spinal cord where portions of the nerve cells that signal and control the muscles are located. As this area degenerates it leads to scarring or hardening ("sclerosis") in the region.

Author Biography

Anilkumar B. Jarali, Lecturer, Dept. of Psychiatric Nursing P. D. Bharatesh College of Nursing, Halaga, Belgaum-03.

Lecturer, Dept. of Psychiatric Nursing P. D. Bharatesh College of Nursing, Halaga, Belgaum-03.

References

UCSF Medical Center. University of California San Francisco. UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital. https://www.ucsfhealth.org/conditions/neurological_disorders/.

ALS Consortium of Epidemiologic Studies (ACES) Stanford Medicine, School of Medicine, Centers & Programs, ACES. http://aces.stanford.edu/

James McIntosh & Dr. Helen Webberley http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles /281472.php

http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/amyotrophic-lateralsclerosis/basics/ definition / con-20024397

National Institute of Neurological disorders and stroke. http://www.ninds.nih.gov/ disorders/amyotrophiclateralsclerosis/detail_ALS.htm

http://www.alsa.org/about-als/what-is-als.html?referrer=https://www.google.co.in/

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Published

2016-08-01

Issue

Vol. 2 No. 1 (2016)

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Articles