Parkinson Disease Symptoms

Parkinson disease belongs to the group of degenerating diseases that injure the brain, the hub of the central nervous system. The primary symptoms of Parkinson’s disease stem from the deterioration of the part of the brain that controls motor functioning. The primary cause of Parkinson’s disease is still speculative, though most researches believe it’s a combination of genetics and environment. One theory hypothesizes that neuronal deterioration in the brain is caused by the accumulation of free radicals as a result of exposure to toxins possible from food and pesticides.

It’s hard to track when a person with this disease first experienced signs of the disease. Most patients mentioned that they first noticed that something is wrong when one of their limbs was trembling. However, a closer inquiry indicates the subtle signs appeared before. The early signs many patients recalled having before the tremor were lack of blinking, Failure to swing one arm when walking, painful shoulder, discomfort of the neck, and feeling of inner trembling.

In most cases the first symptoms that were impossible to ignore appeared in one side of the body, for example, tremble in one of the limbs. The disease progresses slowly and gradually for a decade or more and than strikes the other limb at the same side of the body. Because of the deterioration in motor functioning most patients use a wheel chair in later stages of the disease.

Other symptoms caused by the decreasing of dosage of dopamine in the brain are involuntary tremors when resting-usually involuntary tremors of the limbs, muscles stiffness (losing the ability to make fast and spontaneous movements), slow voluntary movement, difficulties maintaining balance and stable gait (Stooped posture, a tendency to lean forward) an increased production of saliva (drooling), difficulty swallowing, softness of the voice and slurred speech (caused by lack of muscles control), ansomia- reduced sense of smell(inability to sense certain odors), loss of facial expression or “masking”, depression, anxieties, insomnia-sleep problems, constipation, increased sweating and inability to control urine.

I am doing some research and am wondering what is the youngest known cases of Parkinson’s disease in humans. After viewing some brain scan images it would seem that it could be possible that Parkinson’s could be started much like for example spinal Meningitis is started, except I don’t think it’s a form of Spinal Meningitis..That would be up to Lab researchers to verify of corse. If so the a earlyer diagnosis and treatment can be started..
In that’ this virus is started in spinal fluid area and spread to the brain cells.The human brain cells are different from spinal area cells thus the Brunt of Damage.

My cat is a healthy 1 1/2 yr old. We’ve had him all his life. He was just fine yesterday, but he woke up early this morning and started going ballistic, running in circles and meowing.

Now, his eyes are twitching; his pupils are dilated, and his head’s tilted at an angle so that the right side is lower. His head keeps twitching down to the right when he tries to move.

We took him to the vet, but the only plausible diagnosis was the cat’s getting hit in the head, which doesn’t make sense, since he slept inside the house on a computer chair the whole night.

I’m doing a report on it for school and i have a lot of facts on it but im asking in case there is more i need to know. We have to write acting like were them so that we can see how it is in their shoes and then we have to the the diagnosis and treatments/coping with the disease.
Anyone have any help to give?

Now at age 60, I have a diagnosis of Parkinson’s. I read that they might be related. My parkinson’s symptom’s don’t seem typical. Thanks!

Current medical symptoms for past 6-9 months - Age 50/Male
1. Parkinson’s like tremors in hands and arms and progressively becoming worse as time continues.
2. Losing cognitive ability and memory and these are getting progressively worse as well. I frequently lose track of work or a though right in the middle of it and I have to stop and think for nearly a half a minute to get back on track.
3. Lethargic and lacking in motivation. Kind of depressed, nothing unmanageable.

Over 1 1/2 year ago I had severe tremors occuring in hands, arms and face and was diagnosed with Parkinson’s. The neurologist pronounced his diagnosis when I had taken Mirapex for a week and the tremors had vanished in arms and face, and were nearly gone in my hands.

I’m still taking the same amount of Mirapex but now the original symptoms have returned along with the memory and cognitive loss symptoms as well.

Could I have Alzheimers rather than Parkinson’s? I need help.