DOENÇA DE PARKINSON-PARKINSON'S DISEASE

-Parkinson's disease (also known as Parkinson disease or PD) is a degenerative disorder of the central nervous system that often impairs the sufferer's motor skills, speech, and other functions.
Parkinson's disease belongs to a group of conditions called movement disorders. It is characterized by muscle rigidity, tremor, a slowing of physical movement (bradykinesia) and, in extreme cases, a loss of physical movement (akinesia). The primary symptoms are the results of decreased stimulation of the motor cortex by the basal ganglia, normally caused by the insufficient formation and action of dopamine, which is produced in the dopaminergic neurons of the brain. Secondary symptoms may include high level cognitive dysfunction and subtle language problems. PD is both chronic and progressive.
PD is the most common cause of chronic progressive parkinsonism, a term which refers to the syndrome of tremor, rigidity, bradykinesia and postural instability. PD is also called "primary parkinsonism" or "idiopathic PD" (classically meaning having no known cause although this term is not strictly true in light of the plethora of newly discovered genetic mutations). While many forms of parkinsonism are "idiopathic", "secondary" cases may result from toxicity most notably of drugs, head trauma, or other medical disorders. The disease is named after English physician James Parkinson, who made a detailed description of the disease in his essay: "An Essay on the Shaking Palsy" (1817).
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[belgvr]

no mal de parkinson, alguns membros ficam tremendo, incontrolavelmente...

no mal de alzheimer, a pessoa perde parcialmente ou totalmente a memória recente, por exemplo: ela vai ao mercado e volta pra casa, chegando em casa ela não lembra se foi ao mercado.

o mal de alzheimer é bem entristecedor, tem uma amiga da minha vó que tem isso

e ela sempre vai no salão de cabelo da minha vó. ela ja chegou a perguntar 8 vezes em um dia qual era o valor pra arrumar o cabelo dela.

[AlmightyBrazil]

Qual a diferença de Parkinson e Alzheimer? Lembro que o médico da minha avó falou que rasgava seu diploma se ela tivesse alguma das duas doenças. Ele apostou que ela tinha apenas uma deficiência de ferro, tratando-a com Lexotan e Adalat Retard. Ela também apresentava discinesia, exatamente como o Sr Alssir.