Idiopathic Parkinson's disease

Idiopathic Parkinson's disease: Introduction

Idiopathic Parkinson's disease: Idiopathic Parkinson's disease is Parkinson's disease for which no particular cause can be determined - it is the most prevalent form of the condition. Parkinson's disease is a chronic, progressive, degenerative brain disorder characterized by tremors, muscle rigidity and slowed movements. More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of Idiopathic Parkinson's disease is available below.

Symptoms of Idiopathic Parkinson's disease

• Tremor or trembling
• Tremor in little finger - common early symptom
• Hand tremor
• Leg tremor
• Jaw tremor
• more symptoms...»

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Idiopathic Parkinson's disease: Complications

Review possible medical complications related to Idiopathic Parkinson's disease:

• Falls
• Depression
• Aspiration pneumonia (type of Pneumonia) - due to swallowing difficulty
• Premature death due to complications
• Increased risk of osteoporosis
• more complications...»

Wrongly Diagnosed with Idiopathic Parkinson's disease?

• Misdiagnosis of Idiopathic Parkinson's disease
• Failure to diagnose Idiopathic Parkinson's disease
• Undiagnosed: Idiopathic Parkinson's disease

Treatments for Idiopathic Parkinson's disease

• There is no cure for the disease but various therapies may improve quality of life and comfort: support group, adequate nutrition, exercise, physiotherapy, rehabilitation and regular health checks. Medications that may help some patients include Levodopa, COMT inhibitors (e.g. Tolcapone, Entacapone), dopamine agonists and MAO-B inhibitors, anticholinergic drugs - the benefits of these medications often have to be weighed up against the side effects. Surgical procedures such as deep brain stimulation and pallidotomy may also help some patients. Complementary therapies can also improve symptoms and the more notable ones include: supplements of L-tyrosine, ferrous iron, pyridoxine, NADH, THFA, coenzyme Q10 and plant-derived mucuna may provide varying degrees of benefit.
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Evidence Based Medicine Research for Idiopathic Parkinson's disease

Medical research articles related to Idiopathic Parkinson's disease include:

• What is the risk of interaction between opioid analgesics and monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOIs)?
• Ropinirole prolonged release (Requip XL) - Treatment of idiopathic Parkinson's Disease
• Diabetes in patients with idiopathic Parkinson`s disease
• Carbidopa, levodopa and entacapone - Parkinsons Disease
• Randomised controlled trial of Alexander technique lessons, exercise, and massage (ATEAM) for chronic and recurrent back pain.
• The specificity and sensitivity of transcranial ultrasound in the differential diagnosis of Parkinson`s disease: a prospective blinded study
• Rotigotine (Neupro) - advanced-stage idiopathic Parkinsons disease
• more research...»

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Prognosis for Idiopathic Parkinson's disease

Prognosis for Idiopathic Parkinson's disease: There is no cure for the condition and the rate of progression varies amongst patients. Various therapies can reduce the impact of symptoms and allow a better quality of life.

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