Lou gehrig's disease (ALS)

Is ALS a disease of the muscles or nerves?

My father, who is 65, is dying of ALS or: lou gherigs disease. How painful will his death be? And what are the signs hes getting close to dying?

Looking for a dr in illinois specializing in als, muscular, neurological disorders or diseases.

What is the name of that spinal cord disease als?

Doctors, what are the genetic links with MS and motor neurone disease (als)?

I am seeing a MS specialist to rule in or out MS (not diagnosed). My uncle just died of ALS. Can ALS Wax and Wane early in the disease?

24m worried bout ALS muscle twitching all over body nothing really feels any weaker than norm just really worried about this awful disease?

Can you tell me could I have a deadly neurological disease like ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis) what causes this?

Plz need a brief idea of when will there be a cure for ALS, MS,Alzihmiers,Parkinson's disease how far we are from cure plzzz any reply or predictions?

Does a low cd57 nk result of 36 mean I have lyme disease? What else could it mean? I have many neurological symptoms and am scared of als or ms.

Can metobolic disease cause fasciculations. have high CPK 744 high adolese and low t. Rheumatologist thinks metobolic. Clean emg/ns. Worried als. 36?

In ALS and other neurological diseases, how rapid is muscle weakness and/or atrophy? If I have gone almost a full year, if not longer and have not experienced obvious muscle weakness or atrophy does this rule it out?

I had a clean EMG but I still worry about ALS. My neurological exam was normal. The EMG was done in my arm. Sense a LS is a pathway disease wouldnt a clean EMG rule out ALS for me even if it was only done in one limb and not all four?

Can neurogenic atrophy in thenar muscle from nerve injury cause als? Or does it only apply to those with nerve disease?

Does benign muscle fasciculations mean im at an increased risk of developing ALS in the future? Or another neurological disease like epilepsy?

I got into a car accident 10 years ago where my car flipped over 2 times . Didnt get hurt I remember everything and only got a slight headache. Does this event put me at risk for cancer or als or any type of brain disease?

I have twitches is both calves for about 4 month and I m getting crazy about them. I have had a mri of head and back without any signs of disease had an emg without pathologic activities just the fasciculations. Is it possible to still have ALs?

I have fear of having disease like als. I have fatigue in arms and twitching in calves but I have neck pain and don't sleep enough. Should I worry?

After a dog bite in 2011 and fear of rabies after that, I received PEP and rabies vaccine boosters every year, adding up to 21 doses in the last 10 years. I am very worried about the risk of ALS, MS, lupus and autoimmune diseases. Is it likely?

After a dog bite in 2011 and fear of rabies after that, I received PEP and rabies vaccine boosters every year, adding up to 21 doses in the last 10 years. I am very worried about the risk of ALS, MS, lupus and autoimmune diseases. Is it likely?