A friend of mine has multiple sclerosis. I have amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Do we have the same "sclerosis"? I read in the newspaper that "sclerosis" is a large group of disorders and that there is small difference between them. Is that true? If we have the same disease why don't we have the same medications for it?
Although both disorders have "sclerosis" in there names, it is not the same disease. In the matter of fact we are talking about two different diseases. Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis affects motor neurons, and because of this person with ALS has symptoms. On the other hand multiple sclerosis is illness of myelin. Myelin is enclosure of nerves and because it is damaged disease occur.
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