The cause of the appearance of Charcot’s disease is not clearly established. To date, there is no cure for this disease.
Today, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) or “Charcot’s disease“Affects between 5,000 and 7,000 patients with an annual incidence close to 2.5 per 100,000 inhabitants. This neurodegenerative disease most often occurs from the age of 50, it affects the peripheral muscles.
Gradually, it leads to paralysis of the muscles of the legs, arms. Charcot’s disease then induces paralysis of the respiratory muscles, swallowing, etc. “Attention, four people a day die of Charcot’s disease. (…) It is a cruel, incurable disease which brings the average life expectancy to three years“, emphasizes Dr. Christian Recchia. Indeed, there is no cure, it is only possible to relieve certain symptoms. In most cases, patients die of a respiratory infection.
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“Patients die too quickly”
Where does this disease come from? “We don’t know regarding Charcot’s disease because patients die too quickly“, explains Dr. Recchia. For the moment, scientists have not identified the cause of appearance of this disease, it is most certainly multifactorial. Indeed, Charcot’s disease is probably the result of environmental factors and factors of genetic susceptibility.”Tobacco, pollution and stress“may well play a role, confirms Dr. Recchia.
“The world is bent on finding relief solutions for the patient. And today, we have some hopes. But I would say that it is probably in genetic engineering that we will be able to find solutions for this pathology.“, hopes Dr. Recchia. The evolution of the disease is progressive, it is not possible to predict how amyotrophic lateral sclerosis evolves over time.
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