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What is ALS? Animated Video 03/18/16

ALS symptoms can, at first, be subtle. Slurred speech, difficulty grasping objects, unexplained trips or falls.

Feeding tubes aid nutrition; and trach tubesbreathe for patients who no longer can.

Studies show that people living with ALSbenefit from multi-disciplinary care.

Arms and legs become weaker, harder to control.Muscles waste away.

As ALS progresses, eating, speaking,

It can take up to a year to find out you evenhave ALS: it’s typically diagnosed by rulingout other diseases.

For reasons that are not known, militaryveterans are twice as likely to bediagnosed with ALS.

moving and breathing become more and more difficult.

motor neurons, which signal muscles to move, are dying.Inside the brain,

There is no cure, and only one approved drugthat slows the disease by just a couple months.

With your help, The ALS Association is leadingthe fight to advance drug development to slowor stop the disease, while caring for peopleliving with it.

There are interventions to help people live longer.