Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale

Parkinson's disease is a long-lasting disease that affects all parts of the body. This disease is a chronic neurodegenerative disease that has no cure, but a lot of symptoms. This disease was first described by a British doctor named James Parkinson’s in 1817 and was first called as shaking palsy. Parkinson’s disease has been around for a very long time and dates to around 5000 B.C. There are different conditions and problems that are like Parkinson’s disease like Essential tremor, Lewy-body…

control the side-effects. Also, there is no exact cause for this disease, it could very well be genetic, or derived. For the most part, however, scientist believe that a lack of dopamine in the substantia nigra area of the brain may be the primary cause of PD. Genetics and age are also two other factors to be considered. Age cannot be used as the only factor since “about 10 percent of the nearly 1 million people living with the disease in the United States are under the age of 40” (Maes 1). To…

million people worldwide, Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a chronic disorder that causes progressive movement debilitation. It has been found that this progressive impairment is due to deterioration of neurons in the substantia nigra; this consequently suppresses the production of dopamine. Because this chemical messenger is what initiates movement, those that suffer from Parkinson’s experience symptoms such as tremors, bradykinesia, rigidity, and postural instability. Parkinson’s research also…

controlling the symptoms of Parkinson’s disease, but Levodopa has not been shown to slow disease progression. Taking this medication is supposed to delay the symptoms of PD, but it could even make it worse. Additionally, the drug has significant abnormal side effects for some patients such as dyskinesia, which is an abnormal impairment of voluntary movement (Drugs 2). Although some patients do not mind the mild involuntary movement compared to the worse symptoms of Parkinson’s disease, this…

Parkinson's disease is a progressive neurodegenerative brain disorder that causes tremors and slowly diminishes movement over time. In the U.S, an estimated one million individuals are affected by the disease, and some 60,000 new cases emerge every, even as its cause is still unknown, a cure doesn’t seem to be on the horizon. Source http://www.pdf.org/about_pd However, more and more studies are emerging that challenges conventional wisdom that tells us that Parkinson’s disease is isolated to the…

the disease is typically between the ages of 50 to 85. The path to diagnosis of Lewy Body Dementia can be long, at times takin over a year. Many different test such as brain imaging, laboratory blood testing, and functional testing all plays a part in the diagnosis process. Treatment can consist of medicaitons, various therapies, and caregiver education, the prognosis and stages of the disease is very individualized, with many different factors playing a part in the course of the disease.…

A personal reflection I found was in May of 2015. The patient was a female and 87 years old. The first couple of symptoms that were experienced by the patient 's daughter was her mother fell out of bed, could not get up and does not remember that ever happening. After this incident the mother could not live alone anymore and her daughters slept over to see if anything else happens. She was starting to gradually lose her motor skills and was refusing a doctor 's help. Eventually she went to see a…

As we know, Parkinson 's disease is a globally occurring mental defect that affects human 's central nervous system. Currently, there is no cure for the disease, and we can 't even diagnose the cause of this disease. DBS is still a developing technology being widely employed to fix neuropsychiatric disorders. It is a surgical therapy employed to curb this deadly disorder as well as essential tremor. The method involves the patients undergoing surgery. This surgery uses some high technology to…

was admitted for unspecified dementia without behavioral disturbances, she was originally hospitalized at Stonewall since September 21, 2016 for atrial fibrillation with a low ventricular response rate, and dyspnea. She has co-morbidities of Parkinson’s disease and Lewy body dementia, and will be discussed first with the inclusion of signs, symptoms, related lab tests, and diagnostic values. She also has a long history of tobacco abuse in the form of smoking. When admitted, her vital signs were…

Parkinson’s is a progressive neurological condition. This causes problems in the brain, this can include stiffness of the bones and slowness in the body. The aims of the Parkinson’s UK campaign is to raise awareness to the illness and to raise money to help find way to cure the disease. Alike to any Cancer campaign the aims are both to raise money in order to prevent this disease from occurring anymore throughout the UK. They also both are also trying to spread awareness to their particular…