Lugrik is a legendary baseball player in American history. He suffers from ALS, so he is named after him. As the patient feels that the body is frozen, today is the leg, tomorrow is the arm, and finally spread to the fingers, ALS is also commonly known as' gradually frozen people 'disease. In order to make more people pay more attention to and understand the freezing people, the League of nations established the world freezing day. So when is the world freezing day? What is the significance of the world freezing day?
What month is the world freezing day in 2019? Friday, June 21, May 19 of the lunar calendar
'gradually frozen human disease' is called amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in medicine. It is a kind of motor neuron disease. Because the motor nerve cells in the patient's brain, brainstem and spinal cord are invaded, the patient's muscles gradually become weak and paralyzed, and the functions of speaking, swallowing and breathing gradually shrink and weaken, and finally become paralyzed and die of respiratory failure. People treat the body as if it were gradually frozen, so it is commonly known as' gradually frozen people '. In 1997, the international alliance of "gradually frozen people" Association selected June 21 of each year to hold various activities related to motor neuron disease. It is hoped that on this day of each year, the treatment and social care for this terrible disease can attract the universal attention of the world. At the International Conference of patients held in Denmark in 2000, June 21 was officially designated as "world freezing day".
Gradually frozen human characteristics
The progressive degeneration of motor nerve cells (neurons) in the brain and spinal cord. Because motor neurons control the activities of muscles that enable us to move, speak, swallow and breathe, if there is no nerve stimulation, the muscles will gradually shrink and degenerate until. Since the sensory nerve is not invaded, it does not affect the patient's intelligence, memory or feeling.
Significance of world freezing man day
Global freezing day is proposed by ALS / MND International Alliance in order to arouse the world's attention to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a serious disease. It is scheduled to be global freezing day on June 21 every year.
The medical name of 'gradually frozen human disease' is amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). It is a kind of motor neuron disease. Because the motor nerve cells in the patient's brain, brain stem and spinal cord are invaded, the patient's muscles gradually atrophy and weakness, and even paralysis. The body is like being gradually frozen, so it is commonly known as' gradually frozen human '. Because the sensory nerve is not invaded, the disease does not affect the patient's intelligence, memory and feeling.