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Parkinsons disease, also known as paralysis agitans, meaning shaking palsy in Latin, is a degenerative neurologic disease. ... Parkinsons disease was named after the English Physician James Parkinson in 1817. His original paper describing this disorder was entitled "Essay on the Shaking Palsy", in which the name for this disease has continued to be used.
Parkinsons disease most notably affects motor control. As the neurons are slowly and progressively injured, it causes the typical symptoms of this disease to occur. Tremor is often the major symptom of those who have this disease. ... Seventy-five percent of people with Parkinsons disease develop this tremor during the early stages, but only half the side of the body is affected. ... Rigidity is also a common symptom in Parkinsons disease. ... Two types of rigidity are associated with Parkinsons disease. ... This is one symptom that responds best to the drugs available to treat Parkinsons disease. ...
Postural instability also affects patients suffering from Parkinsons disease. ... Secondary Symptoms are also noticeable in Parkinsons disease, some of which result from one or more of the principal symptoms of TRAP. ...
After people have suffered with the symptoms of Parkinsons disease some develop mental disorders. ... Physicians maybe overlook the premature symptoms of Parkinsons disease when depression appears early in the disorder. A considerable overlap between the symptoms of Parkinsons and the symptoms of depression causes a difficulty distinguishing between the two. ... A majority of people with Parkinsons disease experience anxiety, or nervousness and agitation. ... This sleep disturbance may be caused by anxiety or depression, or a side effect of drugs used to treat Parkinsons disease.
There are no drugs, herbal remedies, injections, surgery or other treatments that can cure Parkinson’s disease. ... In drug therapy, drugs that treat Parkinsons disease, known as anitparkinson drugs, use other methods to temporally restore dopamine in the brain or closely mimic dopamine actions. ... Anticholinergics are drugs used to treat Parkinsons disease. ...
Neurosurgery to treat Parkinson’s disease symptoms was first performed in the 1930’s. ... Neural Implants, Physical Therapy and Occupational therapies are other common treatments for Parkinson’s disease. ... Neuron Transplants of brain stems are another experiment involving treatment for Parkinson’s disease. ...
Parkinson’s disease appears to be one of the more common neurodegenerative diseases in the United States and Canada. This disease affects one-and-a-half million Americans alone. It has been suggested that people in rural areas have more of a chance of developing the disease than those people living in urban areas. This may be due to exposures to pesticides, fungicides or herbicides which are found in contaminated water, suggesting that there is an environmental factor in the causes behind the disease.
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