DESCRIPTION: Motor neuron disease (MND) is the name for a group of diseases. These diseases affect nerves known as motor nerves or motor neurons. In MND, these neurons degenerate and die. This causes the muscles to become weaker and weaker. This eventually leads to paralysis. The MND disease group includes Lou Gehrig’s disease, also known as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), progressive muscular atrophy (PMA), progressive bulbar palsy (PBP), primary lateral sclerosis (PLS), and Kennedy’s disease, also known as spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy (SBMA). MND is an uncommon disease. The average age that which people are diagnosed with MND is 58 years. MND is a progressive disease that often starts slowly and gets worse over time. Symptoms usually start on one side of the body before spreading. Symptoms include weakness in their hands and grip, slurred speech, weakness in their legs, and a tendency to trip, weakness of their shoulder, making lifting difficult, cramps and muscles twitching, etc.

AVAILABLE OPTIONS:  Medications, occupational therapy, physiotherapy, speech therapy etc

LIMITATIONS: No specific management has been discovered yet.

Sansvitha Advantage:  Effective treatment is offered through a combination of Ayurveda and other systems of medicine.