The Effects Of Parkinson's Disease

It is quite difficult to understand and believe that a healthy person, full of life, can also transform into just a living body losing the most precious gift of human being – the power of communication and control. Today a large population around the world is struggling with this dreadful silent killer disease called Parkinson. Parkinson affects the physically and psychologically while completely devastating of the patient’s life in long run. The mental trauma of the families dealing with Parkinson is devastating too. It is still challenging to diagnose Parkinson in its early stages as the symptoms are quite common to other diseases or health problems. Despite of medical advancement and innovation we have not been able to stop or cure this dreadful disease. The complexity …show more content…
Idiopathic Parkinson Disease is the second most neurodegenerative disorder observed in North American population affecting over one million populations and 60 thousand are diagnosed annually. Worldwide, approximately 7 to 10 million suffers from this disease. (Editorial – Advances). According to the Advances editor “Parkinson's disease is movement and neurodegenerative disorder with progressive dopaminergic neuron loss in the substantia nigra along with Lewy body formations in the central, enteric and peripheral nervous systems”. Parkinson's disease (PD) was first described in the essay entitled, ‘An Essay of the Shaking Palsy’ by James Parkinson in 1817. Parkinson occurs when the substantia nigra, the nerve cells (neurons) in a part of the brain,