Motor Neurone Disease (MND) By Ryan Renshaw o60 MND (Motor Neurone Disease rosis (ALS) and Lou amy otrop Gehrig's disease. MND is a rare neurological condition that causes the degeneration of the motor system. It is progressive and worsens every time and reduces the life expectancy with most people dying within 5 years of having it. Motor Neurone Disease begins with the akness of the muscles in the hands, feet and voice. Some symptoms of MND can be muscle aches, cramps, twitching, clumsiness, stumbling, and changes in hands, arms, legs and voice. Slurred speech, swallowing, chewing difficulty, fatigue, muscle wasting, weight oss, emotional lability, cognitive change, and respiratory changes. Eyesight, hearing, taste smell and touch are not
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People with MND cannot pass on the disease since it is not contagious. It only kills neurons and there is no way for the disease being transmitted MND is more common in men than women and with children it's more common with newborns or with children who haven't learnt to walk yet. With men, most of the people with MND are over 40 such as Stephen Hawking and Neale Daniher. MND is due to specialist nerve cells and spinal cord progressively losing their function. There is no reason as to why they lose their function, but researchers believe that it is a combination or interrelated factors that ultimately affect the motor neurons or the nerve cells that support them. In most cases of MND there is abnormal clumps of protein called aggregates which ma nterrupt the motor neurons activity or put greater strain on it. Research also suggests that cell transportation may be disrupted therefore nutrients and other chemicals and waste cannot be moved out of that cell Over time toxic waste build up in the cells. Usually antioxidants can get rid of research also shows that MND may cause a lack of this substance also, collecting up toxic waste in
People with MND cannot pass on the disease since it is not contagious. It only kills neurons and there is no way for the disease being transmitted MND is more common in men than women and with children it's more common with newborns or with children who haven't learnt to walk yet. With men, most of the people with MND are over 40 such as Stephen Hawking and Neale Daniher. MND is due to specialist nerve cells and spinal cord progressively losing their function. There is no reason as to why they lose their function, but researchers believe that it is a combination or interrelated factors that ultimately affect the motor neurons or the nerve cells that support them. In most cases of MND there is abnormal clumps of protein called aggregates which ma nterrupt the motor neurons activity or put greater strain on it. Research also suggests that cell transportation may be disrupted therefore nutrients and other chemicals and waste cannot be moved out of that cell Over time toxic waste build up in the cells. Usually antioxidants can get rid of research also shows that MND may cause a lack of this substance also, collecting up toxic waste in