Parkinson's disease

composed of numerous subcortical nuclei, which are crucial for controlling fine motor movements. Unfortunately, these areas of the brain are majorly impacted on people with Parkinson’s disease. These individuals are commonly between the ages of 50 to 65 years old and are estimated to live to about 75 years old. Parkinson’s disease is a slowly progressive, incurable neurodegenerative disorders…

People who have been diagnosed with Parkinson’s often feel that they have been given a death sentence. However at this point it if advisable to get all the information you can about this disease and see that there are many different things you can do to make yourself feel better. If your complaint is about the different prescription drugs you have to take which make you feel bad then the good news is that there are also natural alternative therapies you can use so that everything sort of works…

SPC-205-010 3/16/15 Speech Topic: Parkinson’s disease General Purpose: To inform Specific Purpose: To inform my audience about the prognosis of Parkinson’s disease Central Idea: Parkinson’s disease progresses through 5 stages. Visual Aid: P/P Slide 2 (Holland, Moncivaiz) Introduction: What do Pope St. John Paul the Great, the Reverend Billy Graham, former U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno, and American boxing legend Muhammad Ali all have in common? The answer is Parkinson’s disease. I was…

correlation between Parkinson’s disease, paraquat exposure, and traumatic brain injury? This study delves into the effects of the paraquat herbicide and traumatic brain injury in the development of Parkinson’s disease. There seems to be a common connection between pesticides and other common farming poisons and the development of Parkinson’s disease due to the death of the substantia nigra pars compacta dopamine neurons. There also seems to be a correlation between PD (Parkinson’s disease) and…

PARKINSON’S DISEASE PD is irreversible, progressive disease, described by James Prkinson’s in 1817 in “An essay on the Shaking Palsy”. The incidence of PD increases with age, more than 2.6% population of age 85-90 are affected, some rare cases individuals with age group 60 above are affected approximately 0.6% (54). Majority are idiopathic. Signs include difficulty in movement, tremor, rigidity. Pathologically, PD affects a part of substantia nigra. Patients those who are suffering from PD are…

Non-Occupational Risk Factors Associated With Tremor Beyond occupational risk factors associated with tremor, research indicates several non-occupational factors are also associated with increased risk for tremor. Some of these factors include gender, age, alcohol, use of tobacco, and emotional stress. Each of these factors is explored in the paragraphs below. Gender According to several studies, most women affected with ET have their head and voice more significantly affected than any other…

Mr. Fox is a 39 year old man with an eight year history of Parkinson’s disease. According to medical reports, he is in the moderate stages of the disease (Stage 3). Mr. Fox has reported consistent weight loss over the last 8 months. Until recently, Mr. Fox could continue in his occupation as a professional actor. He has a wife and three young children. OBSERVATIONS AND ASSESSMENT RESULTS Oral Peripheral Examination: An oral peripheral exam was completed to determine the adequacy of the…

Freddie Roach and Parkinson’s disease Of all the diseases that we have in this world, why did I choose Parkinson’s disease and Freddie Roach? Simply because I have been an avid follower of his since he handled the eight-division world champion, the fighter of the decade, and a Filipino professional boxer, Manny Pacquiao. I was dumbfounded when I found out that Freddie Roach has Parkinson’s disease. I was straightaway an enthusiast of his since knowing that he had Parkinson’s disease, and yet…

Colostomy, Adult A colostomy is a surgical procedure in which part of the colon is attached to the front of the abdomen (abdominal wall). The colon is the last part of the digestive tract. It is where water is absorbed from digested food to form stool (feces). A colostomy is done to redirect stool through an opening (stoma) in the abdominal wall. You may need this surgery if you have a medical condition that prevents stool from leaving your body through the usual opening (rectum). A bag will…

neck that causes head to move to one side. Rapid onset. Akathisia- psychomotor restlessness. Inability to be still. often found to be distressing. Pseudoparkinsonism- temporary symptoms caused by medication that are often seen with Parkinsons's disease: tremor, reduced accessory movements, impaired gait, and stiffening of muscles. Tardive dyskinesia- often untreatable, and life long, uncontrolled movement off the face head, neck or the body as a whole. Slow onset often over years 2.…