{"id":3815,"date":"2025-07-15T14:33:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-15T19:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mickeylieberman.com\/parkinsons\/?p=3815"},"modified":"2025-04-25T14:20:44","modified_gmt":"2025-04-25T19:20:44","slug":"parkinson-disease-prevention-and-information","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mickeylieberman.com\/parkinsons\/parkinson-disease-prevention-and-information\/","title":{"rendered":"Parkinson Disease – Prevention And Information"},"content":{"rendered":"

Parkinson’s Disease<\/span><\/p>\n

When brain cells (neurons) deteriorate, Parkinson’s disease is the result. It is considered a chronic condition, as opposed to acute, because it has no cure and doesn’t go away by itself.<\/span><\/p>\n

It is also a degenerative disease, meaning that it breaks down the body of the person it attacks. Muscle control is lost due to a lack of dopamine in the brain, and, because of this, difficulty in walking, coordination, and severe shaking develop.<\/span><\/p>\n

Parkinson’s isn’t easy to diagnose either. There is no blood test or brain scan that definitively points to the condition – doctors diagnose based on the process of elimination and patient symptoms.<\/span><\/p>\n

Other signs of the disease include: a shuffling walk, small, cramped handwriting, muffled speech, depression, and stiff facial expressions.<\/span><\/p>\n

There are doctors, neurologists, who specialize in the treatment of neurological disorders, and of these, even more specialized physicians who specifically treat Parkinson’s disease.<\/span><\/p>\n

In Parkinson’s disease, cells in a certain part of the brain called the substantia Ingra begin to die or become impaired. <\/span><\/p>\n

These cells are particularly important because they produce a chemical called dopamine.<\/span><\/p>\n

This chemical is responsible for the smooth and coordinated movement of the body’s muscles. According to the National Parkinson Foundation, “When approximately 80% of the dopamine-producing cells are damaged, the symptoms of Parkinson’s disease appear.<\/span><\/p>\n

Every Parkinson’s sufferer will have different symptoms that are present to different extents, and although tremors are the most common symptom of the disease, at least 20% of sufferers never have a tremor in their lives.<\/span><\/p>\n

They may drop things and fall over a lot, but these aren’t events you would associate with Parkinson’s disease, even though they are symptoms of the condition.<\/span><\/p>\n

Another possible cause of Parkinson’s disease is shock and distress.<\/span><\/p>\n

Some physicians tell about a patient who said this: “There was a death in the family, and right after that, their arm began to shake. Tell me, Doctor, do you think that nervous shock gave me the disease?” Or “I had a bad accident, and right after that incident, my arm started shaking.”<\/span><\/p>\n

These are very often the words of Parkinson’s patients when they first consult a physician.<\/span><\/p>\n

There are Parkinson’s cases that started after the person had a traumatic accident that kicked off the symptoms of Parkinson’s disease.<\/span><\/p>\n

Many people believe that Parkinson’s disease started after a traumatic event in the patient’s life.<\/span><\/p>\n

But many Parkinson’s disease specialists do not believe that emotional shocks or accidents play any significant part in the cause of the disease. Though there is little doubt that such influences can certainly aggravate the disease, either temporarily or permanently, if it already exists.<\/span><\/p>\n

Many Parkinson’s sufferers have certainly noticed a setback in their health after some emotional crisis or physical injury. Sometimes these setbacks persist long after the setback occurred.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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