Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale

Parkinson’s disease is a chronic, and progressive motor system disorder; meaning that over a prolonged period of time the patient’s brain cells that produce dopamine deteriorate, and that with every passing day the symptoms get worse. This makes daily life difficult as these symptoms include involuntary movements, sleep disturbances, mood swings, difficulty walking, speaking, and eating, and trouble recalling specific details. This disease currently has no known cure, but there are treatments…

Introduction How do you define Kennedy’s disease? Kennedy’s disease is a rare inherited disease that disturbs the males in the family by progressively weakening and wasting the motor neurons in the muscles (Kennedy's Disease Association, 2015). Kennedy’s disease got its name from the studies by Dr. William R. Kennedy who found patients with the rare disorder back in 1968, which had occurred in the later part of the adult life. Kennedy’s disease starts to appear in males between the ages of…

Treatments for this disease vary. There are various ways to control the progression of symptoms, and some have even brought back quality of life for a long period of time. However, there is no ‘cure’ to parkinson’s. One of the most common treatment option is prescription drugs. These include, but are not limited to: Artane, Azilect, Cogentin, Comtan, Dopar, Larodopa, Mirapex, Neupro, Requip, Sinemet, and Tasmar. Each of these are designed to maintain motor function and prolong the more negative…

According to the Parkinson’s Disease Foundation (2015) Parkinson’s illness (PD) is a chronic and progressive movement disorder, implying that indications proceed with and decline after some time. Almost one million individuals in the United Stated (U.S.) are living with Parkinson’s sickness, predominantly affecting the elderly population. Currently there no cure, but there are treatment alternatives; for example, prescriptions, and surgery to deal with indication alongside with certain physical…

Parkinson’s Disease (PD) is a progressive neurological condition of which there is currently no cure. The main pathological feature of the disease is degeneration of the dopaminergic neurons within the brain, primarily in the Pars Compacta region of the Substantia Nigra (SN). This is thought to be a result of the formation of soluble aggregates of α-synuclein known as ‘Lewy Bodies’ in the neurones of PD patients, which can be clearly seen in various regions of the brain upon post mortem…

Parkinson’s disease is a disorder in the nervous system slowly kills off and malfunctions certain parts of the nerve cells in the brain. It is a movement disorder of the hands, arms, legs, jaw and face that plays with postural instability making the human unbalanced and uncoordinated. It stiffs up the limbs making the body very rigid and slow in movements. The disease comes with the loss of brain cells that eventually will release the chemical called dopamine. The role of dopamine of the human…

The diagnosis that patient MB presents with is Parkinson’s disease (PD). The features that MB presents with are resting tremors, postural instability, rigidity, and a mask-like face. MB also displays with some symptoms of insomnia, anxiety, and depression. The Figure above shows the clinical features that are seen with PD patients. (HumanBiology.com) 7 Pathophysiology: Parkinson’s Disease is a disease of the extrapyramidal system. It specifically entails a dysfunctional Basal Ganglia and…

Introduction This paper will address Parkinson’s disease, from the definition of the disease to the etiology, and pathophysiological process, clinical manifestations, and any diagnostic tests that go into determining if a patient will be diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease. The second most common neurodegenerative disorder after Alzheimer disease is Parkinson’s disease (Rizek, P., Kumar, N., Jog, M., 2016, ¶1). Parkinson’s disease is a progressive neurodegenerative disease that includes motor…

Paralysis Agitans or Shaking Palsy is characterized by an “involuntary tremulous motion, with lessened muscular power” (J Neuropsychiatry Clin Neurosci, 2002). This condition is now known as Parkinson’s disease after the person who first described it. James Parkinson, the first child of Mary and John Parkinson, was born at 1 Hoxton Square, Shoreditch, London, on April 11, 1775. His father, John, was a member of the Anatomical Warden of the Surgeon’s Company and worked as an apothecary and a…

ET is the most common pathologic tremor, with nearly 10 million people being affected with this disease in the United States alone. Although many doctors believe the cause of ET is abnormal activity of the brain, the real cause of the disease is unknown. About half of all ET cases are believed to be familial (Mayo Clinic, 2016). This disease causes rhythmic oscillation of body parts, most commonly wrist and hand, and sometimes head, voice, and legs. This tremor has a…