Parkinson's Disease

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Dopamine, one of the substances used in the brain to transmit impulses, is produced in the area of deterioration. Without this vital dopamine nerve cells cannot properly transmit messages resulting in a loss of muscle function. Parkinson's Disease is a non-communicable disease and doctors have not yet found out whether or not it is a hereditary disease. Parkinson's Disease has many distinct symptoms. The symptoms are: Muscle Rigidity stiffness difficulty bending arms or legs unstable, stooped, or slumped-over posture loss of balance walking pattern changes slow movements difficulty beginning to walk difficulty initiating any voluntary movement small steps followed by the need to run to maintain balance freezing of movement when the movement is stopped, inability to resume - movement muscle aches and pains shaking, tremors (varying degrees, may not be present) characteristically occur at rest, may occur at any time may become severe enough to interfere with activities may be worse when tired, excited, or stressed finger-thumb rubbing (pill-rolling tremors) may be present changes in facial expression reduced ability to show facial expressions "mask" appearance to face staring may be unable to close mouth reduced rate of blinking voice/speech changes slow speech low-volume voice monotone difficulty speaking loss of fine motor skills difficulty writing, may be small and illegible difficulty eating difficulty with any activity that requires small movements movement, uncontrolled- slow frequent falls decline in intellectual function (may occur, can be severe) a variety of gastrointestinal symptoms, mainly constipation In order to diagnose whether or not a person has Parkinson's Disease based on the symptoms a physical examination can be preformed...