Treatment and care
There are several management strategies that may assist with improving quality of live and life expectancy. These strategies include the medication riluzole, good nutrition, non-invasive ventilation as well as multidisciplinary care and equipment.
Breathing and MND
Some people may find the muscles used to help with breathing are getting weaker, these are the respiratory muscles. The right support can help make br...
Pain and MND
MND affects the nerves that carry messages from your brain to your muscles. As these nerves gradually deteriorate, the signals cannot reach the m...
Relationships and intimacy
Finding out that you have motor neurone disease (MND) can be overwhelming for you, your family, and your friends. There may be conversations you wish...
Physical activity and MND
Activities like walking, gardening, yoga, hydrotherapy and others that involve physical movement can help to strengthen or maintain healthy muscles wh...
Familial MND and genetic testing
About 10% of people diagnosed with MND have a ‘familial’ form of the condition; that is, there is or has been more than one affected person in a famil...
Medications
Riluzole Riluzole is prescribed for the treatment of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and progressive bulbar palsy (PBP) – the most common types of...
Communication and swallowing
MND can cause saliva management issues and weakness in the muscles around the throat, tongue and mouth making it hard to speak, swallow and chew. Comm...
Cognitive and behaviour change in MND
Some people with MND, but without a diagnosis of dementia, will experience changes to their thinking and behaviour. This is known as cognitive change...