Parkinson’s Disease

Parkinson’s Disease is known as one of the most common progressive and chronic neurodegenerative disorders. It belongs to a group of conditions known as movement disorders. Parkinson disease is a component of hypokinetic disorder because it causes a decreased in bodily movement. It affects people who are usually over the age of 50. It can impair an individual motor as well as non-motor function. Some of the primary symptoms of Parkinson’s disease are characterized by tremors or trembling in hands, legs and arms. In early symptoms the tremor can be unilateral, appearing in one side of body but progression in the disease can cause it to spread to both sides; rigidity or a resistant to movement affects most people with Parkinson’s disease, causes muscles to be tensed and contracted so that the person feel stiff. Bradykinesia is slowness in movement; person has difficulty performing routine work such as dressing, eating and walking, and it makes easy tasks somewhat difficult. Difficulty with walking and balancing is another common symptom of Parkinson’s Disease; it causes an individual to fall very easily. Some of the non-motor symptoms include disturbances in cognition, emotions (mood and motivation), sensation and perception, olfactory system, behavior inhibition, sleep disruption, autonomic function, decrease in gastric stability and fatigue (Cronin-Golomb, 2013). As these symptoms become progressive patients can have difficulty walking, talking or completing other daily task. Most of the time symptoms begin on one side of the body but as the disease progresses; it can affect both sides of the body.

There are many causes of Parkinson’s disease but the primary and major cause is when there is the death or break down of cells in the...

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...n-motor function. Parkinson’s disease contains symptoms such as tremor, rigidity, bradykinesia and difficulty maintaining balance and few other non-motor symptoms such as cognition and autonomic etc. The main cause of Parkinson’s is the reduction of Dopamine in part of basal ganglia called Subtantia Nigra; there are varies other reason which researchers has found to be the cause of Parkinson’s disease. There are no profound blood/lab tests that can be used to diagnose Parkinson’s disease but several physical and neurological tests can be used to diagnose for Parkinson’s disease. Parkinson’s disease is a complex disease, so there is no cure for it yet but different treatments with drugs and therapies can help to reduce/improve the symptoms produce by Parkinson’s disease. Researchers are working really hard and hope to find the cure for Parkinson’s disease in future.