What causes ALS?

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Published 2021-03-30
Duke ALS Clinic neurologist Dr. Richard Bedlack explains the two leading theories of what causes ALS. Learn more at www.youralsguide.com/what-causes-als.

Dr. Richard Bedlack is an ALS neurologist and the Director of the Duke ALS Clinic. He has both an MD and PhD in neuroscience. Dr. Bedlack is an active researcher who has worked with thousands of people living with ALS.

Your ALS Guide is the leading educational website for people living with ALS, caregivers, family, friends, and professionals. Find educational guides, expert videos, practical tips, helpful resources, and more at www.YourALSguide.com/.

All Comments (21)
  • @fourshore502
    this guy is the king of als. i really hope that he will have a key role in curing it, he deserves it.
  • @lotwm1
    This is what i figured out accidently. I think i am on to something. I have hereditary C9 and ALS2 with C9 progressive. I am entering into my 8th year. I am still talking walking and taking care of my self. My drs cant figure it out said not medical possible. I was bed ridden for two years or more. I started taking Thc and hemp gummies. when diagnosed. after falling down and dropping things and being put on Bi pap for weak diaphragm. I survived Covid the first one with my by pap. Cephalexin an old lung antibiotic and my Thc and Cbd and Pedialyte. I found out this week i have right breast cancer. in researching this with Thc i found out Thc and hemp stops the proteins. attracting my Tumer. I see the surgeon tomorrow to set up a lumpotemy but researcing ALs found out protiens attact the nerve endings and muscles in ALS. Well that is why i do so well taking the THc and Hemp it stops the protiens from attacting my nerves. something to study i think. I will let you know since i upped my meds with this cancer. if it helps to . I will know after hte lumpectomy.
  • @YourALSGuide
    Hello everyone. We filmed Dr. Bedlack on a variety of topics for Your ALS Guide. Unfortunately, he does not have time to answer individual questions outside of his clinic. You can find more of his videos and trusted information about ALS at www.youralsguide.com/about-als. Hope that helps! Please note that this video is for educational purposes only. Medical advice can only come from your treating physician.
  • @genixoneminem6474
    Simple explanation verry direct to the point. I can tell he knew too much about the desease hope they will fine the cure
  • I thought this guy was a goof but now I see this man knows wtf he's talking about
  • Could the supplement cod fish oil contain BMAA? I'm curious if there are studies on the accumulation of this nerotoxin in seafoods and aquatic oranisms. Maybe fish isn't good for you after all.
  • @arame29
    I'm confused Blue green algae is sold as an OTC supplement like chlorella and spirulina and is promoted as a super food.
  • Here in Australia in Town Griffith it’s surrounded by water ways that has a lot of blue green algae and many people in the area have died and dying of MND
  • @Nomadonthego
    Please help: I’ve been taking spirulina supplements for a while which is considered a blue-green algae and just read into it that it may contain BMAA… I’m scared it’s gonna cause nerve diseases. I had a scare because I started to get muscle twitches everywhere and nerve pains and unexplained nerve issues. I went to the hospital a few times and did tests and they said I don’t have to worry about ALS or MS but this started happening after I started taking spirulina supplements which I have now stopped… will this eventually build up and lead to a neurodegenerative even after I stop taking it or only a high toxicity will cause conditions like ALS? Please help!
  • @user-dz2fd2mq8c
    My husband has been a millwright for most of his adult life and I am wondering if the chemicals he was surrounded by and the work he did could have been in anyway the reason he has ALS and what should others not do to keep from ever getting diagnosed with this horrible ALS.
  • @user-dz2fd2mq8c
    Well that's good news and how are you since the lumpectomy. Are you still doing good today 3-24
  • my dad has been taking statins from 2017 and got diagnosed with ALS in 2020, and passed away this year
  • Ok when I was a kid about 31-32 ish years ago I lived on Guam on an Air Force base. How long did it take for them to develop symptoms
  • @GTschumacher
    Is it true that people with late stage lyme get similar symptoms to Als? And they have found the lyme disease bacteria in people with Als?
  • I was diagnosed with ALS at 59 years old. Have been exposed to petrochemicals and electric welding (mig, tig and arc) most of my adult life. Any correlation from these?
  • @kandiceblu1
    I know about genes But what causes them always to express themselves isn’t that like epigenetic’s what causes the expression of them
  • @benopie7772
    There’s a lot of hope for a cure to this terrible disease I’m so glad that he’s bringing attention to the BMAA connection to ALS it seems like such a huge red flag when you have that high of rates of ALS being reported in Guam as well as the number of people getting it who resided around bodies of water. Part of me wonders if the seafood industry has anything to do with keeping this information under wraps because if this was truly one of the main causes of ALS being that it’s coming from seafood that people eat it would take a huge hit to the seafood industry there’s a lot of money in that industry we see it happen with the dairy gasoline oil any number of things where we find out they are bad for you or for tge environment But these big corporations don’t want you to know that because it affects their bottom line. It’s been said that even Lou Gherig ate plates of shrimp and fried eel and if those animals were eating toxic algae he could’ve got enough in his system to cause ALS perhaps other people too maybe ate some toxic seafood somewhere along the way and expose them to this neurotoxin.