What is Parkinson's Disease?
What is Parkinson's Disease?
- Parkinson's Disease: Degenerative brain condition characterised by tremor.
- Parkinson's Disease: progressive, degenerative disorder of the nervous system characterized by tremors, rigidity, bradykinesia, postural instability, and gait abnormalities; caused by a loss of neurons and a decrease of dopamine in the basal ganglia.
Source - Diseases Database
- Parkinson's Disease: a degenerative disorder of the central nervous system characterized by tremor and impaired muscular coordination.
Source - WordNet 2.1
Parkinson's Disease: Introduction
Types of Parkinson's Disease:
Types of Parkinson's Disease:
Broader types of Parkinson's Disease:
How many people get Parkinson's Disease?
Prevalance of Parkinson's Disease: 1 million people (unreliable estimate)
Prevalance Rate of Parkinson's Disease: approx 1 in 272 or 0.37% or 1 million people in USA [about data]
Undiagnosed prevalence of Parkinson's Disease: estimated 3-4 million people
Undiagnosed prevalence rate of Parkinson's Disease:
approx 1 in 90 or 1.10% or 3 million people in USA [about data]
Who gets Parkinson's Disease?
Patient Profile for Parkinson's Disease: Usually elderly adults
Profile for Parkinson's Disease: Most people are over 50 years old when the disease appears, although it can occur in younger patients.
(Source: Genes and Disease by the National Center for Biotechnology)
How serious is Parkinson's Disease?
Prognosis of Parkinson's Disease: Chronic and progressive.
Complications of Parkinson's Disease:
see complications of Parkinson's Disease
Prognosis of Parkinson's Disease:
At
present, there is no way to predict or prevent Parkinson's disease.
(Source: excerpt from NINDS Parkinson's Disease Information Page: NINDS)
Deaths for Parkinson's Disease: 14,593 deaths reported in USA 1999 (NVSR Sep 2001)
What causes Parkinson's Disease?
Causes of Parkinson's Disease: see causes of Parkinson's Disease
Cause of Parkinson's Disease: Loss or failure of dopamine-producing brain cells
Risk factors for Parkinson's Disease:
see
risk factors for Parkinson's Disease
What are the symptoms of Parkinson's Disease?
Symptoms of Parkinson's Disease:
see symptoms of Parkinson's Disease
Complications of Parkinson's Disease:
see complications of Parkinson's Disease
Can anyone else get Parkinson's Disease?
Inheritance:
see inheritance of Parkinson's Disease
Parkinson's Disease: Testing
Diagnostic testing: see tests for Parkinson's Disease.
Misdiagnosis: see misdiagnosis and Parkinson's Disease.
How is it treated?
Doctors and Medical Specialists for Parkinson's Disease: General practitioner, Primary care physician, Neurologist, Psychiatrist, Geriatrician, Psychologist, Neurosurgeon, Speech therapist, Occupation therapist, Behavioral psychologist, Neuropharmacologist
;
see also doctors and medical specialists for Parkinson's Disease.
Treatments for Parkinson's Disease:
see treatments for Parkinson's Disease
Research for Parkinson's Disease:
see research for Parkinson's Disease
Society issues for Parkinson's Disease
Hospitalization statistics for Parkinson's Disease:
The following are statistics from various sources about hospitalizations and Parkinson's Disease:
- 0.12% (14,828) of hospital episodes were for parkinsonism and other extrapyramidal and movement disorders in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 78% of hospital consultations for parkinsonism and other extrapyramidal and movement disorders required hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 52% of hospital episodes for parkinsonism and other extrapyramidal and movement disorders were for men in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 48% of hospital episodes for parkinsonism and other extrapyramidal and movement disorders were for women in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 45% of hospital admissions for parkinsonism and other extrapyramidal and movement disorders required emergency hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
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Organs Affected by Parkinson's Disease:
Organs and body systems related to Parkinson's Disease include:
Name and Aliases of Parkinson's Disease
Main name of condition: Parkinson's Disease
Other names or spellings for Parkinson's Disease:
Paralysis agitans
Source - Diseases Database
Paralysis agitans, Parkinsonism, Parkinson's disease, Parkinson's syndrome, Parkinson's, Shaking palsy
Source - WordNet 2.1
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