Parkinson's disease develops slowly, often beginning with a barely visible tremor in one hand. Even if the tremor is most often related to Parkinson's disease, it ends as a general rule, the slowdown and freezing of body movements. It is a neurological disease that cause muscle tremors, weakness and stiffness.
The characteristic, trembling, rigid posture, movement and slowly. Speech is often blurred, and whispered, and therefore difficult to follow. The patient may be little or no expression on his face, or perhaps not even swinging the arms while walking on all, and could even go an imbalance. The effects worsen as the disease progresses.
Unfortunately, there is still no cure for this disease, although many drugs can help, treatment and relief of symptoms and in some cases, these treatments with surgery is connected.
Causes
Parkinson's, by degeneration or damage to nerve cells in the brain. Most symptoms of this disease, since the absence of a chemical called dopamine in the brain, as a messenger. This occurs when certain cells of the brain, dopamine, deteriorate or die. But great care to research by scientists, he does not know yet what triggers the decrease in dopamine production. It is assumed that it is likely that genetic and / or environmental pollutants may have a hand in Parkinson's disease.
SYMPTOMS
Parkinson's disease has a symptom of the person to person. These problems, which at the beginning of the disease, can be easily and can be invisible for months or even years. These signs generally start on one side of the body and, in general, the worst on this side of the body. Parkinson, the signs and symptoms may include:
1 - A person may shake, the vibrations which, in general, once in the hand. These vibrations tend on the whole arm or just for the neck region, while shaking his head at all times, or the legs if a tour of the exchange so that it is unbalanced and difficult.
2 - A person may move very slowly compared to the normal speed of movement. The possibility of voluntary movement could be reduced. This could be the life of the missions and jobs long and complex. Steps to walk may be too short and the feet may blur. The feet can also freeze, so it is very difficult for a stage.
3 - The muscles may be rigid and stiff, in the limbs and neck. This rigidity can be very difficult to pitch a lot of pain, any other restriction of movement.
4 - Posture can be bent and imbalance when standing or walking or even sitting, attitudes also in the final stages of the disease.
5 - automatic involuntary movements such as blinks, smiles, moves his arms during walking and other unconscious movements, etc., are slowly being lost. Some people can stare in a fixing mode, the expression of faces and eyes are not blinking. Some people can not act and appear lifeless.
6 - These are changes in the delivery of speech, so it is very soft, audible, or rapidly and / or monotonous, also repeat or draw, or hesitate before speaking.
7-Later, when the disease progresses, some people have problems with memory and clarity of thought.
Salaries
Different treatments, for example, drugs such as levodopa, dopamine agonists, MAO-B inhibitors, catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT) inhibitors, etc. are either to create dopamine, dopamine or somewhat similar, or with its natural resources and existing generation keeping the secretion of dopamine. Some drugs also reduce vibrations in the body and soothe the mind.
Physical therapy also helps the general health and greater mobility. Some transactions may also be, as Deep Brain Stimulation, most often to treat the disease. This is to insert electrodes into deeper parts of the brain, that the movements of the engine. It is for patients with advanced illness. This type of treatment has many risks, as it is invasive and uses the implantation of foreign bodies, so that the guardians of patients and, if possible, patients should be rational, forward for this treatment.
Parkinson's disease causes symptoms and treatments
