Myth: ALS is a disease
It
may sound harsh but it is the truth: ALS is not a disease – and anyone
claiming otherwise will fail to provide evidence to such.
ALS
is most accurately defined as a set of “signs” – objectively
quantifiable symptoms. In case of sporadic ALS, the underlying cause is
unknown, making ALS not a disease but a symptom description. It is
crucial to keep this in mind. It is unfair to patients when they are
lead to believe that they are with 100% likelihood suffering from a
disease without a cure, instead of a perhaps treatable symptom of an
identifiable illness.
One
of the reasons why people still believe that ALS is a disease is that
ALS is also known as “Lou Gehrig’s disease”. When ALS got that name, it
was not yet clear that ALS can be caused by a variety of factors, and
that it is assumed to be a symptom of an unknown disease or -diseases.
Even though there are countless cases of ALS being caused by Lyme disease,
the medical establishment still believes that there is such a thing as
“real ALS” and that it has an unknown cause or causes. So far, the only
identified causes of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (motor neuron damage)
have been familial ALS and Lyme neuroborreliosis.
Patients
should understand that ALS is a symptom, and that ALS has been cured
many times with antibiotic treatment. Our book documents eleven ALS
patients who cured their ALS with antibiotics. These people have been
diagnosed by a neurologist as having ALS, but it turned out their ALS
was a symptom of Lyme disease and antibiotics provided a cure.
You can read more on the connection of Lyme - ALS here: http:/www.als-cure.com and download the free ebook When ALS is Lyme
