The Differences Between Multiple Sclerosis and ALS

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune disease that affects the brain and spinal cord, in other words, the central nervous system (CNS). Therefore, it’s a neurological disease. Furthermore, it affects millions of people around the world. However, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (from now on, ALS) is a degenerative disease of the neuromuscular type, in which the motor neurons are destroyed. Its incidence is four cases per 100,000 people per year. Both are neurological diseases. Nevertheless, there are differences between multiple sclerosis and ALS. We talk about them below. The differences between multiple sclerosis and ALS There appear to be many differences between multiple…