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Title: 10 Facts about ALS


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10 Facts about ALS
  • 1 ALS may also be called
  • Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
  • Sclérose latérale amyotrophique
  • Lou Gehrigs Disease
  • Maladie de Lou Gehrig
  • Motor Neuron Disease (MND)
  • Maladie de Charcot

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10 Facts about ALS
  • 2 ALS is a rapidly progressive fatal
    neuromuscular disease
  • Nerve cells degenerate
  • Voluntary muscles become paralyzed
  • Generally the intellect senses are unimpaired

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10 Facts about ALS
  • 3 ALS can strike anyone
  • Male or female
  • Any ethnic origin
  • At any age
  • Some have been diagnosed as teens
  • Usual onset is in middle age

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10 Facts about ALS
  • 4 90 die of ALS within
  • three to five years of diagnosis
  • Some will die within a few short months
  • Some live longer

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10 Facts about ALS
  • 5 Some cases are hereditary
  • Less than 10 are familial ALS
  • ALS is not contagious

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10 Facts about ALS
  • 6 1,500 to 2,000 Canadians
  • currently live with ALS

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10 Facts about ALS
  • 7 Every day two or three Canadians die of ALS
  • ALS is the most common cause of neurological
    death in Canada
  • Every year more people die of ALS
  • than Cystic Fibrosis and MS combined

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10 Facts about ALS
  • 8 ALS affects the whole family
  • 90 of home care is shouldered by family
    caregivers
  • ALS is a costly disease - emotionally, physically
    and financially

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10 Facts about ALS
  • 9 Your ALS Society Unit
  • provides quality care
  • Information and referrals
  • Support for the person with ALS
  • and their family
  • Equipment programs
  • Advocacy

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10 Facts about ALS
  • 10 The ALS Society of Canada funds excellent
    and relevant research into the cause of ALS
  • Research is our best hope
  • Partner with us for a cure
  • Call 1-800-267-4257
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