Lou Gehrig's Diseasel

[Guest guest]

I have a friend who has had a prediagnosis of ALS. Has anything been

done with microelectricity in ALS?

Please point me in the right direction please.

[Guest guest]

It would seem that the paddles device (see our photos menu on left of

the group main page) along the spine might be tried in researching if

this is viral or some other disorder that the electricity of our

simple dc current 6 volts can positively affect. Sending a current

through a virus, or altering some toxin in the spine might make a

difference, but so far nobody's tried it and/or reported on it. you

could be the very first! Here's some background on it. NOTE: this

is a fatal illness, with death in about 20 months, almost always. No

medical advice can be offered here ethically or legally. This is

only experimental research for both entertainment and possible future

formal studies, to serve as input, not a cure, not an excuse to skip

the doctor! best to you,

bG

ALS Etiology

ALS may have a multifactorial etiology or may result from a number of

different neuronal insults. The major lines of investigation include

genetic, viral, autoimmune11 and neurotoxic hypotheses.

Leading theories concern neurotoxicity relating to abnormalities of

calcium and amino acids (especially glutamate) essential to

neurotransmission. Excessive entry of these compounds into the

neurons damages cell metabolism, resulting in pathologic changes.

Neuronal damage could similarly result from oxidative processes that

produce hydroxyl radicals. Clinical trials of medications that

attempt to reverse these processes are under way. Other hypothetic

causes of ALS include neurotoxicity from various metals, chemicals or

foods,12 and, conversely, deficiency of neurotrophic agents (poorly

understood proteins that enhance neuronal maintenance and

growth).4,13

An intriguing theory that brings together several factors holds that

ALS develops when vulnerable persons are exposed to a neurotoxin at

times of strenuous physical activity.14 For example, bursts of

maximal muscle strength in athletes could create conditions that

would deliver such a toxin to the anterior horn cells.

The mechanisms responsible for ALS operate long before the onset of

symptoms. An estimated one third of motor neurons must be destroyed

before muscle atrophy becomes apparent.10

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