Symptoms


 * Type of Symptoms associated with ALS.

Some of the first symptoms are noticing that your muscles become weaker. Cramping, twitching and stiffness around the muscles can be felt. Your speech is one of the first symptoms to become noticable. You can still hear, see, smell, and feel touch. The nerves that carry feelings of hot, cold, pain, pressure, or even being tickled,** **are not affected. You can still remember and think clearly.** **One of the tests, an electromyogram or EMG, it will show that muscles are not working because of damaged nerves. It can take a few months to be properly diagnosed, but there is no known cure yet. There is medication that will help control the symptoms, such as muscle cramping and difficulty swallowing. Some drugs will help to slow the development of the disease.**

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