Parkinson's disease information

Welcome to our new website which was set up after finding out a close friend had been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease. Please look over the site and post any comments in our new blog. We hope to be updating this site over the following months and adding new and relevant content as we find it. This is a very distressing and sad disease but with enough energy and and focused minds I am sure we can all live the very best we can.

The onset of Parkinson's disease, which in many cases is very hard to diagonise initially is a difficult time for any patient and their families.  As a degenerative condition, patients suffering from the condition are faced with no hope of recovery, but rather a slow and wearing process of loss of movement and co-ordination. Most notably, the condition involves the tremor, whereby patients can be seen trembling uncontrollably, as well as loss in speech capabilities and gradually all functionality in its later stages. However a positive outlook in my experience can make a massive difference. Knowledge is power and the idea of this site is to empower sufferers and there support team as much as we can.

Parkinson's disease is a disorder which takes effect on the central nervous system.  A movement disorder, Parkinson's can be seen in four major symptoms; namely rigidity of muscles, a tremor of movement, slowing of overall movement (known as bradykinesia) and in certain instances loss of movement altogether.  The symptoms gradually become more and more apparent in sufferers, and are progressive, that is patients do not recover, or get better.  This degenerative condition is not contagious, nor passed genetically, and very little is known about the causes of most instances of the condition.  Having said that, some cases can be explained through extreme drug abuse, cranial damage and other abuses of the body which have been shown to give rise to the condition.
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