Parkinson’s disease is a neuro degenerative disorder that produces debilitating symptoms like muscle stiffness and rigidity, muscle atrophy, shaking and trembling of the hands and limbs, difficulty in walking or walking with a gait, presenting a stooping posture, body flexion, extreme difficulty in swallowing or communicating or putting words to thoughts, difficulty in articulating, difficulty in maintaining posture and balance, walking in a strange...
Parkinson’s disease named after Dr. James Parkinson of London (1817) happens to be a neuro degenerative illness or disorder that causes muscular atrophy, muscle stiffness and rigidity, joint pain, shaking and trembling of limbs, difficulty in speaking properly or uttering a sound, difficulty in walking, walking in a strange manner with a gait or a limp, difficulty in swallowing, difficulty in articulating etc. When the patient reaches stage 5 of...
In individuals who suffer from Parkinson’s disease, it has been medically observed that the neurons or brain cells progressively and gradually start to deteriorate because of injury followed by select cells recording a degeneration or decadence and ultimately these select degenerating cells die out. It is because of this progressive degeneration of brain cells or neurons that the characteristic symptoms or typical symptoms of Parkinson’s disease...
First and foremost let me make it very clear that modern science cannot yet cure Parkinson’s disease, but there are various Parkinson’s disease treatments available which can help to alleviate the symptoms. Some medications for Parkinson’s include Levodopa – the best of the lot, dopa decarboxylase inhibitor group, dopamine agonists, carbidopa, selegiline, COMT inhibitors, anticholigernics, amantadine etc. If everything else fails to work then...
According to various ongoing and past medical researches, there is a significant correlation between Parkinson’s disease and vitamin D insufficiency.
The neuro degenerative disorder of Parkinson’s disease has always been in the limelight because of celebrities like Michael J. Fox and Muhammad Ali, who were diagnosed with this severely debilitating disease.
Parkinson’s disease can be divided into 5 stages and the last stage or the fifth stage is the most painful to watch.
In this article I shall discuss the causes of Parkinson’s disease to help you have a better understanding of this medical condition.
Parkinson’s disease belonging to the neuro degenerative genre of illness has derived its name from Dr. James Parkinson (1817) and some of the celebrities who are afflicted by PD are Michael J. Fox and boxer Muhammad Ali who have brought this disease to the limelight.