Parkinson 's disease is a chronic progressive neurological disorder in which cells are slowly lost in the brain over the years. The fact that cells are lost makes it a neurodegenerative disorder fitting in the same category as Alzheimer disease. A person with Parkinson’s disease can also experience a wide range of physical and psychological symptoms, including depression, constipation, problems sleeping (insomnia), loss of sense of smell (anosmia) and memory problems. ()
The three main symptoms of Parkinson’s disease are:
- Tremor (involuntary shaking of particular parts of the body)
- Slow movement (Bradykinesia)
- Stiff and inflexible muscles ()
Parkinson 's disease usually develops later on in life, commonly between the ages of 40-80, but also occurs in younger and older individuals. Unfortunately there is no current cure or any definitive therapy which has been shown to slow the progression or prevent the disease. Levadopa is the most standard treatment for neurological disease, nearly all patients showed signs of improvement when Levadopa is used.
Parkinson’s disease affects many area of the brain, this is because several different cells types degenerate and many different systems are affected. The various different chemical systems affected in the brain are: Substancia Negra, Locus Cereleus, Raphe Nuclei, Ventral Tegmental Area and Nuclues Basalus. () The area that is most affected in Parkinson’s disease, is the Substancia Negra. The cell in this part of the brain produce the neurotransmitter Dopamine. Generally about 50% of the dopamine producing cells have degenerated before motor symptoms of the Parkinson’s disease began. The dopamine released in the Substancia Negra are released in a physiological fashion in order to ...
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... lost in Parkinson 's. Levodopa is given with benserazide or carbidopa, to make sure it can enter the brain more efficiently. Benserazide plus levodopa is known as co-beneldopa. Carbidopa plus levodopa is known as co-careldopa. There are branded and unbranded forms of levodopa available. These include:
- co-beneldopa (Madopar, Madopar CR)
- co-careldopa (Caramet CR, Duodopa, Sinemet, Sinemet Plus, Sinemet CR, Half Sinemet CR, Lecado, unbranded form)
- co-careldopa plus entacapone (Stalevo)
Although the main treatment for Parkinson 's is medication, there are some types of surgery available to treat the symptoms of the condition, it is generally only used to treat people who have had Parkinson 's for some time and whose symptoms are not managed effectively by medication.
The main types of surgery for Parkinson 's are:
- Deep Brain Stimulation
- Lesioning techniques
Parkinson’s disease is not a condition that is necessarily easy to be diagnosed. Therefore, the individual is advised to see a Parkinson’s specialist to receive the most accurate diagnosis and consider what the best course of treatment for the individual would be.
Many people, like myself, after watching an episode of “The Michael Jay Fox Show,” started to be come curious as to what exactly this disease is. You ask yourself; What is this disease? What causes it? Can it be passed down from generation to generation? Is there a treatment? What would your life be like suffering from this? Through my research on Parkinson’s disease, I am determined to answer these questions. I hope to have a better understanding on this disease, and how it affects the lives of patients that I might see in a hospital.
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Unfortunately, no treatment has been able to fully cure the disease. Treatment began primitively, consisting of things such as “bloodletting from the neck” which was followed by induced inflammation and blistering to the skin. Today, the most common and effective way of treating Parkinson’s temporarily is through attempting to balance dopamine and acetylcholine levels within the brain by prescribing patients with what is known on the market commonly as Levodopa. It is essentially a dopamine supplement of which’s dosage must be individualized for each different patient since the symptoms vary from person to person (Goldmann, 44). This treatment will eventually become less and less effective as the progression of the disease continues. All that patients and neurologists seem to be able to do is attempt to manage the symptoms it
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The path physiology of Parkinson’s disease is the pathogenesis if Parkinson disease is unknown. Epidemiologic data suggest genetic, viral, and environmental toxins as possible causes. Nigral and basal loss of neurons with depletion of dopamine, an inhibitory neurotransmitter, is the principal biochemical alteration in Parkinson disease. Symptoms in basal ganglia disorders result from an imbalance of dopaminergic (inhibitory) and cholinergic (excitatory) activity in the caudate and putamen of the basal ganglia.
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Parkinson’s disease is a chronic, progressive neurodegenerative disorder characterised by resting tremor, slowed movements, rigidity and postural instability (Casey G, 2013). It is the second most common neurodegenerative disorder after Alzheimer’s (Martin and Mills, 2012). There is a great variability in reported incidence rates, probably due to difference in diagnostic criteria and case ascertainment, with reported rates in Australia and in Western countries ranging from 8.6 to 19.0 per 100,000 population (J Macphee and D Stewart, 2012). The two main brain structures affected by Parkinson’s are the substantia nigra pars compacta, which is located in the midbrain and other parts of the basal ganglia, w...
Parkinson disease is their affliction. Although Parkinsonism has been around almost as long as recorded history, there is yet to be found a cause or a cure. Medications tame the symptoms and prolong life, but are incapable of reversing the disease progression.. Diagnosis relies exclusively upon clinical signs and symptoms, because almost all laboratory and radiography tests are normal in the Parkinson patient. For this reason early diagnosis is very difficult.
James Parkinson first discovered Parkinson's Disease in 1817. Parkinson's Disease is a common neurologic disorder for the elderly. It is a disorder of the brain characterized by shaking and difficulty with walking, movement, and coordination. This disease is associated with damage to a part of the brain that controls muscle movement. Parkinson's Disease is a chronic illness that is still being extensively studied.
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