肌萎缩性侧索硬化|肌萎缩性侧索硬化症的奥秘( 二 )


由于缺乏早期疾病的诊断测试,临床医生必须依靠临床症状来识别UMN和LMN征兆的组合 。由于典型的ALS症状可能是许多其他罕见的神经退行性疾病的一部分,因此明确的诊断通常会进一步延迟 。因此,鉴别诊断需要详尽的临床和实验室分析,其中涉及脑成像的测试通常有助于早期诊断 。
由于尚无关于为什么,在哪里以及如何开始这种疾病的完整理解,因此寻找治疗方法仍然具有挑战性 。此外,缺乏适当的早期诊断技术意味着当有效治疗的可能性最高时,会浪费宝贵的时间 。
迄今为止,只有一种药物Riluzole被证明可以改变这种疾病的病程,而且只能有效几个月 。但这并不意味着没有进展 。在其他动物上已经取得了许多有希望的研究,因此有必要将这项研究转化为人类 。
目前,大多数ALS治疗是对症和支持性的 。它们包括物理疗法,矫形器以及疼痛,吞咽困难,呼吸困难,疼痛,便秘,发声以及精神和情绪问题的治疗 。
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