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Slightly O/T: Did Lou Gehrig really have Lou Gehrig's Disease?
Interesting article as to whether Gehrig's illness was actually caused by traumatic incidents / concussions, and not a case of ALS.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/18/sp...hrig.html?_r=1 And I will beat Rob to the punch and wish condolences to the entire Gehrig family. |
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The medical community may have to rename the disease if this is actually the case. "Joe Rogalski's Disease" doesn't quite have the same effect, however (Rogalski was another prewar MLB veteran to succumb to ALS). |
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There are no blood relatives. Gehrig was the only child of his parents surviving into adulthood, and he had no children of his own.
The study seems to focus on soldiers who suffered significant head trauma. I don't think it's easy to relate that to sports injuries. If Gehrig were not suffering from ALS, I think that statistically a number of other ballplayers would have been thus "diagnosed." That is not the case, which leads me to believe the disease is properly named. |
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Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel just aired a story about this and it sounds like he did indeed have ALS, but we now may know how he got it: head trauma. He was knocked out 6 times in his career. A key to preventing long-term damage to the brain post-concussion is rest immediately following the injury. As we all know, in every case where Gehrig was knocked unconscious he was in the lineup the very next day. Sadly, the streak may have been a factor that lead to his early death.
-Ryan |
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The Real Sports is a real eye opener. It shows that not only football players and boxers have a significant higher incident of ALS, but also soccer players.
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Great story on a great show.....saw that last night and the study results are really interesting. Hopefully from the findings, they can work towards some remedy or aid. The soccer connection was wild. Soccer players may reconsider those headers a little more in the future....
Last edited by autograf; 08-18-2010 at 05:06 AM. |
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