Unfathomable diseases that immobilize one’s body, but leave the brain to function properly or even uncontrollable shaking are the reason many have begun to question how these diseases are formed. Many view sports from only the outside on a screen but do not realize the dangers and risks of playing sports and being able to entertain millions of viewers and that they possess a monumental role in the obtainment of these diseases There are diseases such as ALS that cause immobility and impaired speech while leaving the victim's brain to understand the horrible trance the body is in. Another disease that is similar is CTE which has drastic side effects to the brain and body and can lead to other diseases such as Alzheimer's and Dementia. There
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Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy is also a progressive degenerative disease and affects the brain in a variety of ways. CTE can be developed in a similar way as ALS which is through the toxic protein “tau” or through repetitive head trauma. The disease has many side effects ranging from anxiety, aggression, depression and to confusion, impaired judgement, impulse control problems and memory loss. What happens to the brain after being taken over by the disease is that over time the brain loses mass and gradually deteriorates. People that are more likely to be diagnosed with CTE are military veterans and athletes because of the damage done by their repetitive head trauma. Even though one is well aware of their behavioral changes and emotional mood swings, one cannot be diagnosed with CTE until after death because a certain procedure has to be done in order to see inside the brain but can not be done while one is alive. As if it isn’t enough to have CTE already, one with CTE can have higher risks of developing other brain conditions including Alzheimer's, Dementia, Huntington’s, and Parkinson’s. Alzheimer's is a disease that affects the brain and destroys memory as well as other important mental functions and is incurable while Dementia does the same thing except …show more content…
The answers were discovered when scientists studied a deceased athlete’s brain and discovered the toxic protein tau and how it affects the spinal cord and leads to the horrible symptoms. Another added factor to the development of these diseases are the fact that these players are in such vigorous contact sports that cause them repetitive head trauma and some don’t even realize it. One of the diseases that was discovered through sports was Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis , also commonly known as Lou Gehrig's disease. Although ALS was discovered in 1869 by a French neurologist, Jean-Marcot Charcot, it wasn’t until Lou Gehrig was diagnosed with it, that national attention was brought to this disease. Lou Gehrig was a famous American baseball player that played for the New York Yankees from 1923 to 1939. Another athletes that was able to bring attention to this disease after he was diagnosed with it March of 2012 was Pete Frate. Pete Frate was the former baseball captain of the Boston College team and a professional baseball player in Europe. He was diagnosed with ALS at the age of 27 but did not let that stop him from living his life to the fullest. He was the cofounder of the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge and decided to help raise money to help fight the disease. The ALS Ice Bucket Challenge is a challenge created to bring awareness
Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy is also a progressive degenerative disease and affects the brain in a variety of ways. CTE can be developed in a similar way as ALS which is through the toxic protein “tau” or through repetitive head trauma. The disease has many side effects ranging from anxiety, aggression, depression and to confusion, impaired judgement, impulse control problems and memory loss. What happens to the brain after being taken over by the disease is that over time the brain loses mass and gradually deteriorates. People that are more likely to be diagnosed with CTE are military veterans and athletes because of the damage done by their repetitive head trauma. Even though one is well aware of their behavioral changes and emotional mood swings, one cannot be diagnosed with CTE until after death because a certain procedure has to be done in order to see inside the brain but can not be done while one is alive. As if it isn’t enough to have CTE already, one with CTE can have higher risks of developing other brain conditions including Alzheimer's, Dementia, Huntington’s, and Parkinson’s. Alzheimer's is a disease that affects the brain and destroys memory as well as other important mental functions and is incurable while Dementia does the same thing except …show more content…
The answers were discovered when scientists studied a deceased athlete’s brain and discovered the toxic protein tau and how it affects the spinal cord and leads to the horrible symptoms. Another added factor to the development of these diseases are the fact that these players are in such vigorous contact sports that cause them repetitive head trauma and some don’t even realize it. One of the diseases that was discovered through sports was Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis , also commonly known as Lou Gehrig's disease. Although ALS was discovered in 1869 by a French neurologist, Jean-Marcot Charcot, it wasn’t until Lou Gehrig was diagnosed with it, that national attention was brought to this disease. Lou Gehrig was a famous American baseball player that played for the New York Yankees from 1923 to 1939. Another athletes that was able to bring attention to this disease after he was diagnosed with it March of 2012 was Pete Frate. Pete Frate was the former baseball captain of the Boston College team and a professional baseball player in Europe. He was diagnosed with ALS at the age of 27 but did not let that stop him from living his life to the fullest. He was the cofounder of the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge and decided to help raise money to help fight the disease. The ALS Ice Bucket Challenge is a challenge created to bring awareness