Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, also known as ALS and Lou Gehrig’s disease, is a neurodegenerative disease where damage to the neurons of the motor-system leads to progressive weakening and waste of muscle tissue.
Disease caused by an uncontrolled division of abnormal cells in a given part of the body
A muscle spasm is a sudden, involuntary movement in one or more muscles. People may also call it a charley horse or a muscle cramp or twitch.
These movements can happen in any muscle of the body, and they are very common. Muscle spasms often occur as a result of stress, exercise, or dehydration.
While acute pain comes and goes, chronic pain is a condition that remains over a long period of time. As a result, it can have a tremendous impact on quality of life. Pain signals keep firing in the nervous system for weeks, months, even years.
There may have been an initial injury, but some people suffer chronic pain in the absence of any past injury or evidence of body damage.
Crohn’s Disease is known to be an inflammatory bowel disease. This disease leads to chronic inflammation of the gastrointestinal tract and numerous life-altering symptoms.
Fortunately, Crohn’s Disease has been added to the list of qualifying conditions for Medical Marijuana in Florida, with hundreds of patients experiencing symptom relief through medical cannabis.
Eye conditions marked by increase intraocular pressure that can cause blindness.
Glaucoma is a condition that causes damage to the optic nerve, which is responsible for carrying visual information from the eye to the brain. It comes in many different forms and often develops from increased pressure within the eye. This pressure may damage the optic nerve, leading to vision loss and even blindness.
A disease in which the immune system eats away at the protective covering of nerves.
Multiple Sclerosis, or MS, is a process involving the immune system where an abnormal response by the immune system of the body is directed against the nervous system. The central nervous system, which is most impacted by MS, consists of one’s brain, spinal cord, and optic nerves.
The abnormal response by the immune system leads to inflammation that damages the system’s myelin, the nerve fibers, and the cells which produce myelin.
A disorder in which a person has difficulty recovering after experiencing or witnessing a terrifying event.
Parkinson’s is a disease impacting the nerve cells within the brain, leading to muscle rigidity, tremors, and over time, decline in speech, gait, and motor skills.
While the above listed conditions automatically qualify a patient, below is a non-exhaustive list of other diagnosable conditions that may qualify a patient for medical marijuana recommendation under Florida low.
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