The Dangers Of ALS Essay
The Dangers of ALS and CTE
While studying the diseases Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis also known as “ALS” and other disease that affects the brain such as Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy also known as “CTE” my group discovered that both of these harmful head injuries have killed hundreds of athletes throughout sports and even just a simple fall or slip hitting the head that was not sports related but that's not all our group researched, my colleagues have also researched and found about theses harmful head injuries and the statistics have also come to show that these head injuries are not always spotted when the incident occurs, and that it is discovered at a later time.
For instance the people who interact with the athlete will be the …show more content…
CTE is a brain trauma basicly that leads up to ALS but the thing with CTE is a progressive degenerative disease that is found in mostly athletes and slowly shuts down parts of the brain. Typically people and athletes can be diagnosed around the same time as ALS or even later when the damage has been done and is noticed by a friend or family member. Just know that relatively the only way you can get CTE is by repetitive brain collisions or trauma including symptomatic concussions as well as asymptomatic subconcussive hits to the head or spinal cord. The history of CTE goes as far back as 1920 when it commonly found in boxers then as years went by it was moving into the sport of football where it was mandatory to tackle or hit, or even push. The sports football and boxing were the two sports that athletes were receiving concussions and neck injuries almost every day and not even knowing because it was thought to be a minor headache that would pass unfortunately it wasn't it would end up evolving into a disease that generations have been working hard to find a cure but sadly have not but doctors and researchers have found ways to to not delay or deal with it but kind of live life a different way by documenting their life before the symptom of memory loss gets to the point that they cannot remember who the family or friends
While studying the diseases Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis also known as “ALS” and other disease that affects the brain such as Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy also known as “CTE” my group discovered that both of these harmful head injuries have killed hundreds of athletes throughout sports and even just a simple fall or slip hitting the head that was not sports related but that's not all our group researched, my colleagues have also researched and found about theses harmful head injuries and the statistics have also come to show that these head injuries are not always spotted when the incident occurs, and that it is discovered at a later time.
For instance the people who interact with the athlete will be the …show more content…
CTE is a brain trauma basicly that leads up to ALS but the thing with CTE is a progressive degenerative disease that is found in mostly athletes and slowly shuts down parts of the brain. Typically people and athletes can be diagnosed around the same time as ALS or even later when the damage has been done and is noticed by a friend or family member. Just know that relatively the only way you can get CTE is by repetitive brain collisions or trauma including symptomatic concussions as well as asymptomatic subconcussive hits to the head or spinal cord. The history of CTE goes as far back as 1920 when it commonly found in boxers then as years went by it was moving into the sport of football where it was mandatory to tackle or hit, or even push. The sports football and boxing were the two sports that athletes were receiving concussions and neck injuries almost every day and not even knowing because it was thought to be a minor headache that would pass unfortunately it wasn't it would end up evolving into a disease that generations have been working hard to find a cure but sadly have not but doctors and researchers have found ways to to not delay or deal with it but kind of live life a different way by documenting their life before the symptom of memory loss gets to the point that they cannot remember who the family or friends