ALS and CTEs are starting to become an awareness in today's world with the help of challenges like ice bucket challenge, and as we notice well known athletes are being diagnosed with these diseases. There are different types of CTEs that affect your brain in different ways but can show similar symptoms also, and ALS is a heart breaking disease to have. Understanding what each brain harming disease is a way of help raising awareness of the diseases.
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also known as ALS, is a progressive neurodegenerative brain disease that develops over a course of time. The A meaning no, myo meaning muscle, and trophic meaning nourishment. The word lateral identifies the area of the spinal cord and as this area degenerates this …show more content…
The en in encephalopathy means in, kephale meaning head, and patheia meaning suffering. CTE is mainly found in athletes, but can also be found in others with a history of repeated head traumas, including symptomatic concussions as well as asymptomatic subconsciousness hits to the head. Possible symptoms of CTE are memory loss, confusion, impaired judgment, paranoia, impulse control problems, aggression, depression, and eventually progressive dementia. Symptoms won’t appear till months, years, or even decades after trauma has ended. As of now the only way of diagnosis is after death through autopsy of brain tissue analysis.The types of CTEs are Dementia, Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, and Huntington's. The discovery of CTE was through the examination of retired NFL athletes and whose brains were studied. There are medical reasons why athletes tend to get CTE at a young …show more content…
What happens when the brain is shaken hard enough to bounce against the skull. This can cause a concussion which is a type of traumatic brain injury. Passing out does not have to happen to have a concussion. Obvious symptoms of a concussion, such as passing out or forgetting what happened right before the injury, but not all people will have these symptoms. After a concussion the brain becomes more sensitive to damage. Recovery can take from hours to weeks from a concussion. Head traumas can lead to these concussions. When head injuries or injuries happen to the scalp, skull, or brain are caused by head
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also known as ALS, is a progressive neurodegenerative brain disease that develops over a course of time. The A meaning no, myo meaning muscle, and trophic meaning nourishment. The word lateral identifies the area of the spinal cord and as this area degenerates this …show more content…
The en in encephalopathy means in, kephale meaning head, and patheia meaning suffering. CTE is mainly found in athletes, but can also be found in others with a history of repeated head traumas, including symptomatic concussions as well as asymptomatic subconsciousness hits to the head. Possible symptoms of CTE are memory loss, confusion, impaired judgment, paranoia, impulse control problems, aggression, depression, and eventually progressive dementia. Symptoms won’t appear till months, years, or even decades after trauma has ended. As of now the only way of diagnosis is after death through autopsy of brain tissue analysis.The types of CTEs are Dementia, Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, and Huntington's. The discovery of CTE was through the examination of retired NFL athletes and whose brains were studied. There are medical reasons why athletes tend to get CTE at a young …show more content…
What happens when the brain is shaken hard enough to bounce against the skull. This can cause a concussion which is a type of traumatic brain injury. Passing out does not have to happen to have a concussion. Obvious symptoms of a concussion, such as passing out or forgetting what happened right before the injury, but not all people will have these symptoms. After a concussion the brain becomes more sensitive to damage. Recovery can take from hours to weeks from a concussion. Head traumas can lead to these concussions. When head injuries or injuries happen to the scalp, skull, or brain are caused by head