It is one of those rare diseases, the causes of which remain very mysterious to the medical community. Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a serious neurodegenerative disease that results in progressive paralysis of the muscles involved in voluntary motor skills, breathing, speaking, and swallowing. As a result of the gradual destruction of motor neurons, the cells that control muscles, it usually appears between the ages of 50 and 75.
In the vast majority of cases, the patient retains all of his cognitive abilities. Therefore, he is fully aware of what is happening to him. Three to five years after the onset of symptoms, damage to the respiratory muscles generally results in death. According to the ALS Research Association (ARSLA), about 8,000 people currently suffer from this serious disease, and four people die from it every day.
This is the case of 67-year-old Catherine Icardi Lazareff. This retired mother of three…
Source: Le Figaro
