Parkinson’s disease is a disorder that renders the central nervous system and motor cortex of the brain to become classified as a movement disorder. Symptoms from Parkinson’s may include muscles becoming tense and contracted leading people to feel pain or stiffness. Other symptoms may include a stooped posture, a slow shuffling walk, inability to keep motion, and postural instability leading to a development of a stooped position. Although doctors cannot link what exactly leads to Parkinson’s to develop, it is believed that this disease may not be curable but can be properly treated. Treatment may include medications, surgeries, daily activity modification, physical therapy, support groups, and occupational or speech therapies. Parkinson
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Each person can undergo a specific phase of Parkinson’s, each phase can help indicate how the disease progresses over time and can determine the best method of treatments for a patient. P.D has been categorized in different stages, in each stage of P.D a patient’s health is most crucial to determine whether a patient is capable of self- reliance or may need assistance due to the possibility of the disease …show more content…
Although medications for Parkinson's can be used to improve motor function over time the medication can cause side effects. Two more tests that aids in Parkinson’s are the olfactory system testing and the Autonomic system test. The Olfactory system test can be used as an indicator of Parkinsonism. The test is based on a patient smelling a variety of odors, and then making a choice from a variety of answers. Testing of the autonomic system can involve examining breathing, examining heart rate, reflexes and thermoregulation.
Throughout the years for a person with Parkinson’s disease the medication cost can be an average of $2,500 a year and therapeutic surgery can cost up to $100,000 per patient. With a direct and indirect cost that includes treatment, social security payments, and lost income can be estimated up to the amount of $25 billion per year within the U.S. More research is being undergone for Parkinson’s; with time hopefully Parkinson’s will be detected or cured in the
Each person can undergo a specific phase of Parkinson’s, each phase can help indicate how the disease progresses over time and can determine the best method of treatments for a patient. P.D has been categorized in different stages, in each stage of P.D a patient’s health is most crucial to determine whether a patient is capable of self- reliance or may need assistance due to the possibility of the disease …show more content…
Although medications for Parkinson's can be used to improve motor function over time the medication can cause side effects. Two more tests that aids in Parkinson’s are the olfactory system testing and the Autonomic system test. The Olfactory system test can be used as an indicator of Parkinsonism. The test is based on a patient smelling a variety of odors, and then making a choice from a variety of answers. Testing of the autonomic system can involve examining breathing, examining heart rate, reflexes and thermoregulation.
Throughout the years for a person with Parkinson’s disease the medication cost can be an average of $2,500 a year and therapeutic surgery can cost up to $100,000 per patient. With a direct and indirect cost that includes treatment, social security payments, and lost income can be estimated up to the amount of $25 billion per year within the U.S. More research is being undergone for Parkinson’s; with time hopefully Parkinson’s will be detected or cured in the