Experience treating Lou Gehrig's disease, or other neurodegenerative diseases

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Hi all,

Can anyone recommend a practitioner who has experience treating Lou

Gehrig's disease, or other similar neurodegenerative diseases? Patient

is in Florida, so someone in Florida would be ideal...

Thanks!

 

 

From Wikipedia:

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS, sometimes called Lou Gehrig's

Disease, Maladie de Charcot or motor neurone disease) is a

progressive, fatal, neurodegenerative disease caused by the

degeneration of motor neurons, the nerve cells in the central nervous

system that control voluntary muscle movement. The disorder causes

muscle weakness and atrophy throughout the body as both the upper and

lower motor neurons degenerate and die, ceasing to send messages to

muscles. Unable to function, the muscles gradually weaken, atrophy,

and develop fasciculations (twitches) because of denervation.

Eventually, the brain completely loses its ability to initiate and

control voluntary movement. The disease does not necessarily

debilitate the patient's mental functioning in the same manner as

Alzheimer's disease or other neurological conditions. Rather, those

suffering advanced stages of the disease may retain the same memories,

personality, and intelligence they had before its onset.