Is there different types of parkinsons diseases?
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Well, there are 6 different types of Parkinson's disease.  Times of stress, illness, and fatigue can worsen symptoms.  I would suggest that he/she speak to their physician regarding what type they have and what all medications are available.  I know that there are many different types, but some can cause pretty bad side effects, so they can be used as a last resort.   Best bet it to check with his doc, if he doesn't get the info he wants, its always a good idea to get a 2nd opinion.  Good LucK!!
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/Get check for Parkinsons and Lupus.  I have personally seen someone who was diagnosed for MS, but her movements look more like Parkinson's.\nRN
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Check the ICD-10.  Look under Mental and behavioural disorders and Diseases of the nervous system.
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Well I think it definitly could be Essential Tremors, it runs in a family and it is movement disorder. Essential tremor is caused by abnormalities in areas of the brain that control movement and does not occur as the result of disease.  Tremor is involuntary trembling in part of the body. Essential tremor is associated with purposeful movement (e.g., holding a glass to drink, shaving, writing, buttoning a shirt). It occurs most often in the hands and head and also may affect the arms, voice box (larynx), trunk, and legs. \nDifference between Parkinson's and Essential Tremors is that in Parkinson's tremors appear during the rest and disapear when person move, with Essential Tremors it's affected always, sometimes even more when person is trying to do some exact thing. \nIt can appear at any age. For some people, essential tremor may be distressing but not debilitating. Others may find that their tremors make it difficult to work, perform everyday tasks that require fine-motor skills or do the things they enjoy.\nSymptoms may remain mild or increase in severity over time. Stress, fatigue, anxiety, and hot or cold weather can worsen the disorder. Severe tremor may cause difficulty performing activities of daily living, such as: \n\nBrushing hair and teeth \nHolding a glass without spilling \nPerforming self-care (e.g., getting dressed, shaving, putting on makeup) \nUsing eating utensils \nWriting and drawing \n\nTo put diagnoses it is required to:\nDiagnosis of essential tremor is based on the observation of symptoms, a thorough medical history, physical examination, and neurological examination. Performance tests, such as asking the patient to write, draw, hold an object, or drink from a glass, help the physician evaluate the tremor. \n\nI hope this answers your question! If you need somebody to talk to please feel free to write me an email: lina_girl06@yahoo.com\nAll the best!
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Premorbid personality is most often associated with Parkinson's disease, due to the search for these elements - but doesnt always need to occur that way. Among the professionals it is considered a psychosocial factor. Basically it isnt really a personality ... but is looking at the change in personality before the disease (premorbid) compared to after the disease has progressed. There is hope that by identifying early signs of the disease - such as in this case personality changes - that the diseases can better be caught and controlled early. \n\nIn the case of the use of the word as a diagnosis, this definition probably best applies: "By definition the behaviours associated with personality disorder are evident in early life and persist into adulthood. Their develop-ment against the background of an unre-markable Premorbid personality may well point to either functional or organic illness. "\n\nAgain - the study of behavioral patters before and after onset of an illness.
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Cerebral Palsy is a nonprogressive, nonhereditary disorder of movement and posture. It's the most common movement disorder in children. The cause is unknown, but it is ass. to perinatal neurologic insult, like neonatal cerebral hemorrhage, perinatal asphyxia, prematurity, infection, etc.\nThere are 2 types:\n1- Pyramidal(spastic), which is spastic weakness of any or all limbs. This one accounts for 75% of cases and is accompanied by Mental retardation in 90% of cases.\n2- Extrapyramidal(nonspastic), which has several subtypes:\n a- Ataxic: Difficulty coordinating purposeful movements\n b- Choreoathetoid: Writhing and purposeless sudden movements\n c- Dystonic: Uncontrolable jerking\nThese movements increase with stress and disappear during sleep.
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There could be multiple reasons for this. Rheumatoid arthritis but this usually presents itself severely, osteoarthritis which is wearing on the joints, overuse of the joint or for knees and back being overweight. Are you taking any herbal supplements that you have forgotten to mention? The side effects can be stiff joints. Osteoporosis is not noted for causing pain, it is kind of a silent ailment and the first sign is a stress fracture. These are NOT symptoms of Parkinson's disease. As a final thought if you are depressed, have a lot of stress in your life you could be developing this as a coping mechanism.
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Its a incurable disease affecting the nervous system. Its complicated because there are many variations, ranging from chronic to relapsing-remitting. Everyone who has it is likely to experience something different but it can affect anything and everything from power and co-ordination of the limbs, eyesight, hearing, taste, sensation in the hands and feet amongst many other things.\n\nIts not known what causes the illness, but many believe that climate has a big influence - Scotland has a very high incidence rate, which may be due to the damp and cold weather.
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Parkinson's disease is a disorder of certain nerve cells in a part of the brain (substantia nigra) that produces dopamine. Dopamine is a chemical messenger, or neurotransmitter, that the brain uses to help direct and control movement. In Parkinson's disease, these dopamine-producing nerve cells break down, dopamine levels drop, and brain signals directing movement become abnormal.\n\nThere is no known cure for Parkinson's disease. Several different types of medication may be used to relieve symptoms. Brain surgery or deep brain stimulation also may be used to control symptoms in some people.\n\nFor more information visit:
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Parkinson disease (PD) was first described in 1817 by Dr. James Parkinson, a British physician, for whom the disease was named.  \n\n\nIt is a disease that is characterized by four major features:\n\nRest tremor of a limb (shaking with the limb at rest) \nSlowness of movement (bradykinesia) \nRigidity (stiffness, increased resistance to passive movement) of the limbs or trunk \nPoor balance (postural instability)
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Def: chronic disease of the central nervous system, in which there is destruction of myelin (covering of the nerves) and nerves axon within several regions of the brain and spinal cord at different times ( episodic and progressive)\nSigns & Symptoms:\nParesthesia (numbness & tiggling) in different places\nDouble vision, blurred vision, dimness vision and sometimes partial or total blidness\nweakness in the extremities\nMuscle paralysis\ntremors\nGait disturbance (walking weird)\nSpasticity \nDifficulty controlling your bladder\nConstipation (a common problem)\nVertigo\nEmotional Disturbance (anger, irrational behavior, deprssion)\nPatient seem to get tired all the time.\nCheck everything you can, read, look it up on the web if you can, prepare yourself, take everything in, and always question the Dr. i know the know it ALL, but at times they can MISDIAGNOSE\ngood luck, & good health to you
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Osteoporosis\nRhuematoid Arthritis \nFibromyalgia\nMusclar Dystrophy\nDegenerative Joint Diseases\nPaget's Disease\nSport Injuries\ntendonitis\nbone fractures\nMuscle sprains/strains\nosteogenesis imperfecta\nPlantar fascitis\nbursitis\nJust for a few:  \n\nJust for your information and for the one above who said myasthenia gravis is a musculoskeletal disease.   Myastheni gravis is a neurological disorder that has to do with the autoimmune system and affects the muscles, but it's NOT a musculoskeletal disorder/disease.
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Lots of things are possible here.  Any of the body's systems could be out of whack.  With just this information, the differential diagnosis is a huge list!\n\nIn screening patients for cancer, diabetes, infections, heart troubles, many answer with these symptoms.\n\nIn order to get to the bottm of these symptoms, go to a doctor, talk with him or her, have a physical exam and tests as indicated by the interaction.
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:( pierre trudeau (pm of canada) died of parkinson's disease :(
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there are lots....\nmultiple sclerosis\ninfections such as Lyme Disease\nBell's palsy affects the facial nerve (secondary to herpetic infection)\nConnective tissue diseases such as lupus\nTumors such as schwannomas\nOther masses which may simply press on a nerve such as an aneurysm\nSpread of cancer in the subarachnoid space causing coating of nerves with tumor cells\nTrauma
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There are many.  First I would write down when and what you are doing when this happens.  Arthritis, RSD, Hypocalcimeia,,, I have had the same thing and it took two years before the doctors could do tests and eliminate each.  Surgery and alot of work from myself keeping a daily notebook regarding my symptoms.  In the end I had all of the ones I mentioned.  You need a good doctor of immunology who can tests and find out exactly what needs to be done and find a course of treatment.
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Definitely see your family physican.  It could be many things, palsy, Parkinson's, Chorea, stroke, injured muscle, etc.  Your doctor can run the necessary tests to diagnosis the condition.