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Article #8: Parkinson's Disease - A Quick Guide

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Here we are discussing a disease that very little information is known about
around fifty thousand Americans are what causes this condition. Having said
diagnosed with every year. That disease all that, Parkinson's has been known to
is Parkinson's disease. Usually its be brought on by severe drug abuse or
people over 60 that are diagnosed with certain types of head injury. Strangely,
this, but people can get it before the according to research, cigarette smokers
age of 40. Once you get over the age of appear to have less of a chance of
about 60, Parkinson's will be on the developing Parkinson's disease, which has
radar of doctors when new symptoms appear led experts to believe the probability
that are indicative of the disease. that nicotine has some protective
According to one piece of research qualities against the fluctuations caused
Parkinsons is more prevalent in men than by Parkinson's disease. So smoking has a
in women. benefit after all.
This disease is an incurable disease The latest news is that new treatments
affecting the patient's nervous system for Parkinson's disease are at the
where the neuro-transmitters inside the leading edge of current studies, with
brain start to malfunction, causing experiments being carried out with stem
shaking in the body and limbs that gets cells and gene therapy.
progressively more pronounced as time The diagnosis of Parkinson's is a
goes by. Other symptoms include slowing distressing time for any patient and
of movement and rigidity of muscles. anybody close to them. As a progressive
Non-tremor symptoms of Parkinson's can condition, patients suffering with the
include relative immobility of body condition have to come to terms with the
sections particularly the face which can fact that there is no hope of recovery,
be seen as a blank look or mask-like lack but rather a gradual process of loss of
of expression. When brain cells movement and co-ordination. An early
deteriorate, one outcome is Parkinson's diagnosis of Parkinson's disease is vital
disease to the patient being able to keep some
This degenerative disorder is not passed independence, and a decent quality of
genetically, nor is it contagious and life for a reasonable length of time.






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