The Two Horrific Diseases
Why are athletes being diagnosed with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis or Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy? This question is being asked by many athlete fans, parents and current players. Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis or ALS is an ongoing disease that affects nerve cells in the brain and the spinal cord. Which causes the person to lose control of the voluntary muscle atrophy. On the other hand, Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy or CTE is a disease that gradually gets worse in the brain setoff by repetitive concussions. Both tend to be serious incidents resulted by head trauma in contact sports. Head trauma grows from repetitive hard blows to the head and neck area that results into critical brain damage. The safety policies should be stricter so that it can be set to protect the quality of the athletes. …show more content…
From the easiest thing to do such as to eat as to being able to walk. Most people who develop ALS are between 40 and 70, with an average age of 55. There has been rare cases when people have been diagnosed in their 20s and 30s. But approximately 6,400 people in the United States are diagnosed with ALS each year. Their average life expectation is of 2 to 5 years from the time of diagnosis. Just like Lou Gehrig, who was an American baseball first baseman that was diagnosed with ALS, suffered several concussions during his playing career which lead him to develop the disorder. He had to retire do to the disability and ended up dying from the
Why are athletes being diagnosed with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis or Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy? This question is being asked by many athlete fans, parents and current players. Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis or ALS is an ongoing disease that affects nerve cells in the brain and the spinal cord. Which causes the person to lose control of the voluntary muscle atrophy. On the other hand, Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy or CTE is a disease that gradually gets worse in the brain setoff by repetitive concussions. Both tend to be serious incidents resulted by head trauma in contact sports. Head trauma grows from repetitive hard blows to the head and neck area that results into critical brain damage. The safety policies should be stricter so that it can be set to protect the quality of the athletes. …show more content…
From the easiest thing to do such as to eat as to being able to walk. Most people who develop ALS are between 40 and 70, with an average age of 55. There has been rare cases when people have been diagnosed in their 20s and 30s. But approximately 6,400 people in the United States are diagnosed with ALS each year. Their average life expectation is of 2 to 5 years from the time of diagnosis. Just like Lou Gehrig, who was an American baseball first baseman that was diagnosed with ALS, suffered several concussions during his playing career which lead him to develop the disorder. He had to retire do to the disability and ended up dying from the