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Actor Eric Dane got real about what it’s like to live with ALS , and candidly discussed on Tuesday the range of emotional and physical repercussions of the devastating diagnosis.

The “ Euphoria ” actor and “Gray’s Anatomy” alum did not shy away from any aspect of the disease as he spoke on a panel hosted by the advocacy organization I am ALS on Giving Tuesday. He became a spokesperson for the nonprofit following his diagnosis with Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis , which he announced in April .

ALS, or Lou Gehrig’s disease, depletes and destroys the motor neurons — nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord that control voluntary muscle movements. When they stop telling the muscles what to do, the muscles stop working. It is a term

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