What's in a name?

[Lindylou]

Just watching a tear-gerker on Channel 5 and am wondering - is ALS what we know in the UK as Motor Neurone Disease?

[Lindylou]

Gerker!?? Jerker..

[nigella]

Motor neurone disease is a collective name for a group of progressive neurological disorders that destroy motor neurones. Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) (sometimes called Lou Gehrig's disease), is one of the forms of MND as well as many others

[sqad617]

Another excellent answer by Nigella. As a matter of interest, it matters not, are you medically qualified or a nurse or someone associated with medicine. Your answers are spot on.

[nigella]

thanks sqad, yes i do have some medical training, i'm not highly qualified like you though, i'm not a doctor