Lou Gehrig's Diseases Affecting Athletes
Diseases Attacking Athletes
There has been many diseases that humans were able to overcome throughout the year and even now there are treatments for cancer, however; there are also diseases that has no cure and doctors do not even know what causes these diseases to appear in the first place. AlS and CTE are just a few diseases that have no explanation or reason to appear in the body or brain. ALS and CTE are so common that anyone in the world could be diagnosed at any time. So common, yet the doctors have no idea why it happens. Even though, there might not be a cure for ALS and CTE, there should be at least information about how to prevent this from happening.
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, also known as Lou Gehrig’s Disease, attacks the …show more content…
Concussion appears when the head receives a jolt to the head or body which then cause harm to the brain. While the brain is rapidly moving back and forth, from an injury, the brain stretches and tears the brain cells. The movement of the brain damages the nervous cells and creates chemical changes in the brain. After a concussion many people experience headache, vomiting, blurry vision, difficulty thinking and memory problems. Many athletes like VIctor, a soccer player, has experience these symptoms. During a soccer game, Victor slide for the ball and as he approach the ball the opposite player jumped to avoid contact. While in the air the opposite player’s cleats had made contact with Victor's eyebrow causing him to have confusion and memory …show more content…
The world of NFL, started to including more pads and had ban the contact to the head. In the Soccer World, there has been a changes to the game for miners, which they are not allowed to header the ball. The rules of the game may have be change to prevent concussion and other diseases, but for players that have been diagnosed it hasn't. Many NFL players have been diagnosed with AlS or CTE did not get the support of the NFL organization. While making the sport safer, the game itself is being changed as well as the passion of the sport. Throughout the years NFL has avoided the question whether football was related to CTE because the lack of
There has been many diseases that humans were able to overcome throughout the year and even now there are treatments for cancer, however; there are also diseases that has no cure and doctors do not even know what causes these diseases to appear in the first place. AlS and CTE are just a few diseases that have no explanation or reason to appear in the body or brain. ALS and CTE are so common that anyone in the world could be diagnosed at any time. So common, yet the doctors have no idea why it happens. Even though, there might not be a cure for ALS and CTE, there should be at least information about how to prevent this from happening.
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, also known as Lou Gehrig’s Disease, attacks the …show more content…
Concussion appears when the head receives a jolt to the head or body which then cause harm to the brain. While the brain is rapidly moving back and forth, from an injury, the brain stretches and tears the brain cells. The movement of the brain damages the nervous cells and creates chemical changes in the brain. After a concussion many people experience headache, vomiting, blurry vision, difficulty thinking and memory problems. Many athletes like VIctor, a soccer player, has experience these symptoms. During a soccer game, Victor slide for the ball and as he approach the ball the opposite player jumped to avoid contact. While in the air the opposite player’s cleats had made contact with Victor's eyebrow causing him to have confusion and memory …show more content…
The world of NFL, started to including more pads and had ban the contact to the head. In the Soccer World, there has been a changes to the game for miners, which they are not allowed to header the ball. The rules of the game may have be change to prevent concussion and other diseases, but for players that have been diagnosed it hasn't. Many NFL players have been diagnosed with AlS or CTE did not get the support of the NFL organization. While making the sport safer, the game itself is being changed as well as the passion of the sport. Throughout the years NFL has avoided the question whether football was related to CTE because the lack of