How will i know what does als do to you and can it be cured?

Muscle weakness: Als or lou gherig's disease affects the nerve cells that control muscles (motor neurons). Degeneration of the motor neurons in ALS eventually leads to increasing muscle weakness, involving the arms and legs and later the breathing muscles, speech and swallowing. Unfortunately, there is no cure for als. One drug (riluzole) is available but it only slows down the disease for a short time (months).

Lou Gehrig's disease: Als is a disease affecting the nerve cell body, causes weakness, muscle wasting, and fasciculations or fluttering of the muscles. It can affect mobility, swallowing, and breathing. There is no known cure to date, and the prognosis is often very poor. We believe it is a disorder of "misfolded proteins", similar in some ways to alzheimer's and parkinson's, but a far rarer condition, fortunately.