Parkinson's disease is a progressive neurological disorder that over a million people in the United States have been diagnosed with. This disease is a result of degeneration of nerve cells in a region of the brain that controls movement. Parkinson's disease degenerates dopamine which is a neurotransmitter causing impaired movement. fifty thousand people each year are diagnosed each year and the numbers are expected to rise.The symptoms of Parkinson's disease are numerous. The first which is usily the "tip off" is shak ...view middle of the document...
There is no definite answer what causes Parkinson's but there are many theories. Many believe that it is a genetically inherited disease that is passed on from generation to generation.There are also connections with the illegal drug MPTP, and many of the people who get Parkinson's are people that got a server cause of influenza during an epidemic in the early 1900s.This disease might also because by chemicals or other types of pollution that were unaware of or that were unaware that were in feting are selves. Parkinson's disease has no confirmed date of when it was first found but researchers have documents of what they think is Parkinson's disease as far back as 3,000 BC.There is no cure for Parkinson's disease. Doctors usily proscribe levodopa which increases dopamine levels in the brain. In server cases some patients get brain surgery and implants have been done or used. A surgery which takes dopamine-producing tissue is transplanted into the brain is now being tested. If the surgery works it will prevent the dopamine-producing brain cells from dying.Parkinson's disease is found all over the world and all different races. Parkinson's is the 4th leading cause of death for older adults and rising.
