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What is motor neuron disease? how does it affect you?
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Bad disease: Called Lou Gehrig's disease, it causes motor nerve cells to die resulting in muscle weakness and atrophy, with eventual problems both breathing and swallowing. There is NO cure, and medications are of little value. Most cases are sporadic, but a few familial.
Answered 5/3/2015
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