What kind of daily care is needed for ALS

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ALS is a chronic and progressive disease associated with motor neuron degeneration, and patients will gradually develop symptoms such as weakness of limbs, muscle atrophy, and difficulty swallowing, which require careful care from family members. In daily care, the care of ALS needs to pay attention to the following aspects.

1. Because ALS patients may have symptoms of dysphagia, the patient's diet should be soft or liquid. In daily life, the patient's food can be cut into fine pieces with scissors to reduce the patient's swallowing burden.

2. Supplement nutrition. ALS patients need to eat more high-protein, high-nutrient, and high-energy diets to maintain normal calories and replenish muscle nutrition at the same time.

3. Psychological nursing. Many ALS patients are unable to take care of themselves in life, and they will have a certain psychological inferiority complex and depression. Therefore, daily nursing should also pay attention to the psychological counseling of patients, so that patients can maintain a happy mood.

In addition to careful care, ALS should also be actively administered with medications**. At present, ALS is mainly symptomatic, trying to reduce the patient's symptoms and delay the development of the disease, commonly used drugs include riluzole and so on. Of course, most of the ALS medications are prescription drugs, so patients should consult their doctor when using them.

ALS people still have the ability to do some exercises in moderation, exercise is to prevent muscle weakness, atrophy, and joint stiffness, flexion and stretching difficulties, therefore, patients need to practice some stretching exercises, family members can give patients more limb massage, so as not to muscle atrophy.

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis is commonly known as "ALS", and its symptoms are: the muscles are gradually unable to move, as if they are frozen, and gradually appear limb weakness and muscle tremors, which will slowly progress to muscle atrophy, dysphagia and even respiratory failure.

If you have symptoms such as muscle weakness, muscle stiffness, throbbing, convulsions, and difficulty swallowing or speaking, you should see a doctor promptly. Although these symptoms do not mean that ALS may be caused by other problems, a visit to the hospital for specialist diagnosis and treatment, if necessary, and some auxiliary tests, including electromyography, nerve conduction velocity, magnetic resonance imaging, cerebrospinal fluid, blood biochemistry, and special antibody tests, can help for early diagnosis.

Although ALS is not currently available, it can improve symptoms, improve quality of life, and delay disease progression. For example, some physical** help maintain coughing, swallowing, and speaking function in patients with symptoms of weakness; If symptoms such as muscle stiffness, spasms, convulsions, salivation, excessive saliva, and mood swings occur, relevant drugs can be given to improve the patient's symptoms; If breathing is difficult, a breathing apparatus can help the person breathe. Some medications, taken under the guidance of a doctor, can slow the progression of the disease; The most important thing is to maintain an optimistic attitude, which can help to manage the condition.

For example, the famous British physicist and cosmologist Stephen Hawking, who was confined to a wheelchair for 40 years, could not write, slurred his speech, and even had great difficulty lifting his head. However, with his strong perseverance and scientific and effective **, his life was extended by more than 50 years.

Even if the current medical level does not have a good way to deal with this kind of disease, but if you can't give up, the disease will develop rapidly, and eventually end your life in a short time.

In addition to effective**, good lifestyle habits and diet are very important, regular work and rest and eat more high-protein and high-calorie foods. Maintain a good mood in life, always maintain the confidence to fight the disease, and exercise actively.

Since ALS people can't do it medically at all, ALS people should walk more in normal times, exercise, prevent muscle atrophy from accelerating, and eat more protein-rich foods. It is recommended that you eat three meals a day normally, develop good work and rest habits in daily life, do not work overtime, do not stay up late, and do not be too tired. I wish you good health and a long life.

ALS is called motor neuron disease, patients have limb weakness, muscle atrophy, fasciculations, and some patients will also choke, hoarseness, such patients, try to do some non-strenuous soft activities, because patients are easy to fall, easy to fracture.

Patients with ALS need to be physically active. Prevent muscle atrophy too quickly, but the current level of medical technology ALS is an incurable disease and cannot be completely **.

Try to do some non-strenuous and gentle work.

1. Ensure nutrition**.

In order to reduce the "toxic effects of excitable amino acids", patients are advised not to consume various umami agents such as monosodium glutamate, chicken essence, celery, coriander, etc., minimize foods containing monosodium glutamate and potassium glutamate, and try to eat freshly prepared meals, vegetables and fruits.

It is recommended that ALS patients usually eat a high-calorie and high-protein diet, eat lean meat and stewed mushrooms to increase nutrition, ensure that the weight does not decrease or even increase slightly, try to make the stomach grow some meat, even if it is fatty meat, and do not take "lipid-lowering drugs". Weight gain is protective for patients.

ALS is a high-wasting disease that progresses rapidly in the event of nutrient deficiencies or reduced oxygen supply. If the patient's weight is more than 10% lower than before the onset of the disease, or the meal time is more than 30 minutes, the "gastrostomy" surgery should be considered, which means that the gastrostomy is to place a tube on the abdominal wall through the gastroscope and eat through the "ostomy opening". The indwelling ostomy tube can be replaced once a year.

2. Ensure respiratory function.

When the patient's condition progresses to a certain extent, symptoms such as breath-holding and shortness of breath will occur, so after the diagnosis of ALS, it is necessary to perform a "pulmonary function" test as soon as possible, and if the FVC value is less than 75%, the use of a "non-invasive ventilator" should be considered.

Non-invasive ventilators can help patients increase the amplitude and depth of inhalation and exhalation to complete gas exchange. Since patients have problems with both exhalation and inhalation, it is important to choose a bilevel non-invasive ventilator. It can be used for 1 hour a day at first, and gradually increase the duration and frequency of use as tolerated by the patient.

One of the questions that patients and their families are very concerned about is whether to strengthen exercise?

It is recommended to exercise moderately, formulate an exercise plan according to the patient's own situation, so that he does not feel fatigue and difficult to recover after exercise, and the intensity of exercise can be slowly increased according to his own exercise ability, and do not exercise excessively.

Exercise appropriately to keep your mood comfortable, eat lightly, don't eat greasy, eat more fresh fruits and vegetables and high-protein foods, and pay attention to cold protection and warmth. Only when the body is in good condition, it is not easy to get sick.

People with ALS should do some exercise in moderation when they still have the ability to move, and exercise is to prevent muscle weakness, atrophy, and difficulty in joint stiffness, flexion and extension.

There are two early symptoms of ALS, one is that it starts from the limbs, with soreness, numbness, weakness and other phenomena, mainly because of muscle atrophy. The second is that the limbs function well, and the internal organs fail, such as swallowing, dyspnea.

In daily life, the choice of clothes and pants for people with gradual frost should be soft, sweat-absorbent, warm and loose, and buttons and zippers can be replaced by elastic bands or adhesive tapes, or they should be dressed in full-cover clothing. When the patient can fully handle his or her daily activities, in addition to paying attention to safety and preventing falls, the patient should be allowed to do it by himself, gradually complete the self-care activities, and assist the patient to complete the activities of eating, bathing, and dressing when necessary.

Exercise is to prevent muscle weakness, atrophy, joint stiffness, difficulty in flexion and extension, and diseases cause swallowing dysfunction. Therefore, the choice and practice of food need to be more thoughtful, and it is necessary to focus on a soft and liquid diet, and if you cannot swallow it, you can use nasogastric perfusion food. And eat modestly, not too hungry or too full, don't overeat, eat more high-protein food, don't eat cold, cold and spicy food.

ALS patients should try to keep their mood comfortable and reduce their irritability and anxiety. Have a good attitude towards your own illness, and the caregiver should also enlighten the patient more. Optimism is also good for recovery from illness.

It is best performed by a multidisciplinary healthcare professional to keep the patient as mobile and comfortable as possible.

Hello, ALS people can also be **. On the basis of staple food, it is necessary to add longan porridge, yam porridge, sea cucumber porridge and meat that nourishes the essence and blood to nourish the spleen and kidney, clear heat and nourish, and the patient should pay attention to the appetite and take lean porridge as the treatment. But don't eat it:

Such as, wine, vinegar, raw chicken, spicy, spicy, cold, hot, tonic, avoid massage.

ALS, also known as motor neuron disease, is the loss of nerve function caused by the degeneration of motor neurons under the influence of certain factors, patients because of muscle atrophy, muscle weakness, hoarseness, dysphagia, etc., so pay attention not to fall in daily life, easy to fracture, and then eat some soft paste food in the diet, do not eat dispersed granular food, so as not to choke cough to the airway, if the patient is bedridden, pay attention to the function of the passive limbs and turn over the back frequently, otherwise pneumonia will form.

You need to exercise more, use it in and out.

First of all, we should establish a positive and optimistic attitude. Strengthen emotional communication with family members and pay attention to daily care. Provide an adequate nutritious diet based on liquid and semi-liquid foods, and strengthen exercise and massage of atrophic muscles.

Oral drugs can be used to exert force, and traditional Chinese medicine can also be used to carry out a combination of traditional Chinese and Western medicine**.

Guidance: For ALS patients with impaired swallowing function, the diet is mainly a liquid semi-liquid diet with high protein and high nutrition, rich in energy, meals can be cut with scissors to make vegetable puree, drink more bone broth nutritious porridge, etc., and eat less and more often, you can add protein powder nutrient solution, nasogastric feeding, and early gastrostomy.

The pathogenesis of ALS is not well understood, and there are no special precautions.

ALS is also known as motor neuron disease, and the main causes may include genetics, immunity, viral infection, metal poisoning, excessive physical labor, nutritional deficiencies, etc. So on precautionary measures, we recommend:

1.Develop a good daily routine and avoid fatigue;

2.Exercise and improve physical fitness;

3.Pay attention to the comprehensive balance of nutrition, eat more meat, eggs, fish, grains, vegetables, fruits and other vitamin-rich foods to improve the body's ability to resist diseases;

4.Avoid contact with some harmful environments and avoid excessive intake of metallic substances, especially aluminum;

5.Take safety precautions, avoid drunk driving or fights, and try to reduce the probability of trauma to sail lowerers;

No studies have shown a clear genetic link between ALS. Therefore, there is no need to be overly alarmed and protected if there are ALS patients in the family, and daily health care is sufficient.

ALS, a specialized term called amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, is a special type of movement disorder and a group of clinical syndromes that are currently unknown affecting the central and peripheral nerves. Patients typically present with muscle weakness and muscle atrophy. In general, 20% of ALS patients may be related to heredity and genetic defects.

In addition, some environmental factors, such as heavy metal aluminum poisoning, may lead to the occurrence of ALS.

ALS patients first appear in the hands, and small muscle atrophy and weakness are relatively common symptoms. In addition, a small number of patients may also have weakness and atrophy of the lower extremities as the first symptoms. A smaller number of patients may present with respiratory dysfunction and respiratory muscle weakness as the first manifestation.

There are also a small number of patients who may also have meat throbbing and cramps as the first symptoms, which are diverse, and it is difficult for patients to make their own judgments. ALS is caused by damage to neurons, and many patients lose control of certain parts of the body due to nerve damage, and the joints become stiff and involuntarily spasm. Due to the loss of control of the nerves around the mouth, the mouth cannot be closed and drooling frequently.

For patients with this type of ALS, anti-stimulant drugs and muscle-loosening drugs are mainly used to relieve symptoms. For this type of patient, drugs are the preferred means! For patients whose condition is not particularly serious, physiotherapy, massage and other methods can also be used to alleviate local muscle stiffness and weakness and delay muscle atrophy!

Some ALS patients have swallowing dysfunction and require surgery**. Swallowing dysfunction is a sudden choking sensation when eating or drinking, and in severe cases, patients may not even be able to swallow involuntarily. It is easy to cause symptoms of malnutrition and anemia, and patients will also have the risk of suffocation, and it is easy to die suddenly.

Some patients with ALS may also have breathing obstruction, difficulty breathing, and inability to breathe on their own. You need to use breathing equipment such as a ventilator to help you breathe!

ALS patients should pay attention to the prevention and treatment of complications, prevent joint rigidity and contracture, and adhere to appropriate physical exercise and physiotherapy. Prevents lung infections. Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis usually eats more bean sprouts, spinach, and other vegetables, and drinks more milk.

Also pay attention to your own routine. I wish you all the best.