Parkinson’s disease, sometimes referred to as Parkinsonism, is a disease that destroys the brain cells that control motor functions and movements. The loss of these brain cells, which cause the movement disorders that are characteristic of Parkinson’s, primarily affects the hands, feet, and facial muscles. A sufferer of Parkinson’s will exhibit uncontrollable movement of the limbs, followed by rigidity or severe discomfort in the body. In addition, due to the rigidity of the body, there is a loss of balance. Other symptoms of Parkinson’s disease include dyskinesia (difficulties with coordination, including movement), posturing (difficulties with balance), and rigidity.
People who have Parkinson’s symptoms are at a high risk for developing other complications of the disease, particularly dementia. There are a number of risk factors for Parkinson’s. These include: family history; use of drugs such as marijuana, amphetamines, cocaine, heroin, barbiturates, and inhalants; a history of depression; a family member who had Parkinson’s disease; and a family member who suddenly developed Parkinson’s. Risk factors are not the only factors involved in Parkinson’s; heredity, gender, age, and environmental factors can all play a part in developing the disease.
Parkinson’s symptoms may include one or both of the following: rigidity, which means difficulty with movement, and balance; bradykinesia, which means rigidity and trembling of the arms and legs; tremors or seizures, which indicate problems with muscle tone; and Parkinsonism, which means the inability to stop Parkinson’s from occurring. Other symptoms of Parkinson’s disease include a feeling of restlessness, depression, irritability, fatigue, and loss of appetite. Sometimes, the disease can be seen in the form of clumsiness, rigidity, tremors, seizures, and slow movements of the eyes or extremities. These problems do not occur in everyone who has Parkinson’s, and they are rarer in men than women. More women than men develop Parkinsonism.
The causes of Parkinson’s disease symptoms vary from one individual to the next. It is not clear why some people develop the disease symptoms while others do not. Parkinson’s disease symptoms can occur in any age group, but the most common time for the symptoms to appear is after the age of 50. Motor symptoms of Parkinson’s disease are often first noticed in the late teens or early twenties, but the motor symptoms can occur years earlier. If left untreated, Parkinson’s symptoms will progress and eventually control every aspect of your life.
Parkinson’s disease is divided into three categories, namely, Parkinson’s disease (PD) which are non-motor, mixed type of Parkinson’s, and Parkinson’s syndrome (PD) which are a combination of both non-motor and motor symptoms. PD is the most common cause of dementia among people, and accounts for around 70 percent of all cases. The symptoms of PD include rigidity, slowing of movement, and rigidity of speech. In addition to the motor symptoms of PD, people with PD may also experience difficulty with memory, changes in speech (synthesized or not), or difficulty performing daily tasks.
Parkinson’s disease develops slowly over time, usually beginning with a set of non-specific body symptoms, such as clumsiness or slowing of movement. The most common Parkinson’s disease symptom is tremor, which occurs when you begin to move or try to stop your movement. When tremor starts, your involuntary muscles contract involuntarily, causing your body to sway from side to side. This type of muscle contractions or twitching is the result of a chemical in your brain called dopamine. Dopamine is responsible for maintaining your brain’s nerve cell communication and increasing its function.
As you age, your level of dopamine depletes, resulting in involuntary muscle contractions and involuntary movement. This progressive decline is what gives PD its two main symptoms – rigidity and slurred speech. The decreased levels of dopamine are believed to be caused by two factors. One is the disease’s composition, which has been shown to be highly genetic, and therefore sets in at a relatively early age. Another factor is the fact that the protein dopamine that forms a part of your brain’s dopamine receptors is only produced while the person is still young, and then decreases dramatically as he or she gets older.
The third main characteristic of PD is the difficulty with sleep problems. People with Parkinson’s often find it difficult to get to sleep, either because of the rigidity of their movements, or because of lack of sleep. In addition to the sleep problems, sufferers also have a tendency to find it difficult to maintain consistent sleep patterns or to fall asleep at all. As a result of these two symptoms, some people with Parkinson’s find it difficult to function throughout the day. If you have any of these three non-motor symptoms, you should discuss treatment options with your doctor.
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