Case Study: K.T.

Today in class, one of my classmates told about a guy named K.T. that was diagnosed with ALS.  He was a NFL football player.  His symptoms presented first through weakness in his hands and he was diagnosed with ALS in 2010.  His ALS was likely related to the head trauma he acquired while playing football.  This was startling to me that a healthy, professional football player acquired this disease that completely crippled him.  He had cognition but his muscles deteriorated to the point of his death in 2016.  Not only was K.T. a football player but he was a father, husband, and coach and ALS majorly affected each of these roles.  ALS is a progressive disease that weakens the person's muscles overtime.  There is no treatment for this disease.  It was so sad to see the pictures of K.T. from fully healthy to near death, to watch a person of full health deteriorate so much and so rapidly.