Almost a year ago, a friend of mine was diagnosed of having Parkinson’s disease. I remember him then complain of experiencing uncontrollable trembling in one of his hands which occurs at intervals of time. This happens, he said, while he is at rest or whenever he is under stress. As time passed, the shaking started to affect both his arms and legs.

Apart from those conditions my friend is now woefully going through, Parkinson’s disease has other early symptoms. These include a lack of suppleness in the muscles and slowness of movement, not to mention the difficulty the sufferer experiences in initiating movements. If it is any consolation, doctors say that it may take years for anyone suffering from Parkinson’s disease to be seriously incapacitated.

But what exactly goes wrong when someone is diagnosed to have been struck with Parkinson’s disease? This question I posed to my friend’s doctor out of a deep sense of concern for him (my friend). I wanted to find out exactly everything there is to know about Parkinson’s disease, and then maybe I can help him in any little way possible to alleviate his condition.

In Parkinson’s disease (and so begins my modest knowledge of this condition), certain nerve cells located in the basal nuclei (or basal ganglia – the masses of gray matter in each of the two cerebral hemispheres, which ensure the smooth progress of movement) may have ceased functioning normally. Ordinarily, these nerve cells produce dopamine, a chemical that acts as a neurotransmitter in the brain (this chemical allows nerve cells to transmit signals to one another as well as to muscle fibers). Lack of supply of dopamine can lead to a state of chaos in the signals between nerve cells and muscle fibers. If such confusion occurs, the arm and leg shaking and other symptoms characteristic of Parkinson’s disease are likely to take place.

There are different sorts of treatment for Parkinson’s disease. However, there is as yet no known complete, permanent solution for this condition. Treatments, which often carry dramatic results in lessening the symptoms, include certain physical therapies that are intended to improve the ability of the sufferer to move and speak. Certain medications, particularly those containing levodopa (a substance that acts as a building block of dopamine), have known side effects. In administering this type of medicine, the doctor must carefully keep track of the dosage. This is important to ensure that the medicine provides the greatest possible efficacy in relieving the symptoms of Parkinson’s disease while keeping the number and severity of side effects to a minimum.

As I realize in my friend’s case, the responsibility of support falls squarely on the relatives and friends of the sufferer. Along this line, I have talked to three other Parkinson’s patients who are currently going through the process of slowly, but effectively, having their condition reversed with the help of a breakthrough scientific discovery. I have discussed this matter with the relatives of my friend and they were obviously pleased with this development and agreed not to waste time in having my friend go through this very same process.

By: Jim Lorenz

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SpearMaster asked:

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impossble_dream asked:


Please read this artical before answering http://www.forces.org/evidence/evid/therap.htm

As a smoker, Ive had rights taken away from me because smoking “might” cause lung cancer or emphisima but its health benefits (listed in linked artical) are rarely ever spoken of. It has had some press about how smoking may protect against Parkinsons Disease and Altzheimers, so why wouldnt the government and FDA want everyone to know this as well as all the other benefits? Personally, to me lung cancer isn’t nearly as scary as Altzheimers, and I should be able to choose to protect myself against it without being shunned by the rest of the country.

My personal opinion is that people die quicker from cancer than they do from Parkinsons and Althiemers and the FDA would rather you have these diseases so you can pay much more money for treatment. Why else would the public not be made aware of these findings?
I asked the artical be READ before answering.. THESE studies were done on Smokers vs non-smokers not “nicotine suppliments” and as to the truely niave one… getting cancer from smoking is not a definite, as Im sure you know a lot of old people that smoke and don’t have cancer as everyone else does. Most people die horribly so really your answer is lame.

Cathy asked:


My father was diagnosed with Parkinsons Disease about 7 years ago. Every year its getting worse. My mother is a registered nurse & she is aware of what happens to his body.

The other day I was in the kitchen. My father was eating something & then he suddenly fell asleep while eating. That really freaked me out.

Its like watching a child eating & then falling asleep. He snapped out of it & woke up. Seriously, Isn’t that scarry that someone can do that. They are chewing & the next thing they fall asleep on you.

NONAME asked:


…the disease Parkinsons? I have heard that people will sometimes develope cancer because of unresolved resentment. Is there anyhting like that with Parkinsons that you have seen or read about in your experience?

mike asked:


Ok I have really bad chronic rls and also along with the pain
I expereince I have uncontrollable muscle tremors everywhere
during rest , especially in my legs, could this be parkinsons
disease? the docters didnt test me for it and say I dont have
parkinsons by just looking at me , but these muscle spasms
are pretty bad sometimes, does anybody else have rls and muslce tremors or anybody you know and they dont have parkinsons disease?
Ironically its parkinsons medication that treats this problem.

I have not known many people who flew a B-24 bomber, but the only such person I knew in Destin died recently. The B-24 is no ordinary plane but is one of the most important bombers that was used in World War II. It holds the record for being the most mass-produced aircraft in World War II although it was not as reliable and tough as the B-17 flying fortress.

Mr. VanSustern (name changed for privacy reasons) flew a B-24 in his youth. He never saw combat but flew it after World War II. Even though Mr. VanSustern had flown such a big bomber, in his later years he developed Parkinson’s Disease. This seemed tragic to me but he was always optimistic and never complained much.

Parkinson’s Disease is a degenerative brain disorder that impairs the patient’s motor skills and speech. When Mr. VanSustern stuttered in public, I always told everyone that he used to be a bomber pilot and only lately has suffered from Parkinson’s Disease.

Patients with Parkinson’s Disease often develop a shuffling gait which means that they take very tiny steps and have trouble turning around. When Mr. VanSustern’s gait became unstable, I had to request a walker for him. I felt sorry that this pilot now had to use a walker but it never seemed to bother Mr. VanSustern. One day, I was surprised to find him using the walker with only one hand. I saw him almost fall down a couple of times in front of me!

Surprised by this awkward behavior, I tried to find out why he was not using his second arm for his walker. Of course, I was worried about a stroke having further debilitated this unfortunate man. However, on further investigation, I found that his shoulder was hurting him and so he was avoiding use of one arm. Yet, he never complained much about this pain but simply put up with it.

It always amazed me how he even came up with ingenious ways to cope with his different medical problems. I had noticed that Mr. VanSustern had started to drool as he did not have good control over his oral functioning. But he seemed to have figured out an ingenious way to keep himself from drooling. He always kept his lips ****** inside his mouth so there was much less chance of his drooling. By keeping his lips ****** into his mouth, he was able to keep his lips from quivering and was able to keep any saliva from leaking out by mistake. I had seen several patients with Parkinson’s but I have not seen anyone use this clever coping mechanism.

Being a military man, he had probably been taught to deal with great adversity without complaining. He had learned to keep a positive mental attitude in spite of all the hardships he faced.

Every time I saw him, I kept trying to find out what made him have such a positive attitude. Even though he seemed so perfect to me, his wife stated that it was getting difficult living with him. Mr. VanSustern was complaining a lot to his wife instead of telling me and his wife was having trouble caring for him even though they lived in an assisted living facility.

Clearly no one is perfect, but Mr. VanSustern will be dearly missed. Hats off to these magnificient flying men who do such difficult tasks even though they might succumb to diseases just like the rest of us….

By: Nitin Bawa

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Physics4FutureTeslas asked:

“all diseases can be found in the spine” www.sciencenews.org LIGHT THERAPY- Using a new technique called optogenetics, Stanford University researchers used light-activated proteins with fiber optics to help mice with Parkinsons-like symptoms move more easily and quickly. The line on the left shows the path of an untreated animal and the line on the right shows the path of a treated animal. April 11th, 2009; Vol.175 #8 / Article How deep brain stimulation works for Parkinson’s Finding that nerve fibers are where changes may happen could enable less-invasive treatments By Tina Hesman Saey April 11th, 2009; Vol.175 #8 (p. 11) FROM SPINE TO BRAIN Shown is a recording of the brain activity of a rat with Parkinson’s symptoms before (above) and after (below) spinal cord electrical stimulation. When the researchers turned on the light in cells in the subthalamic nucleus nothing happened. But light stimulation of incoming axons improved the mices movements. Quieting activity of the axons made the movement disorder worse. These axons are extensions of neurons located in the brains motor cortex, a region that controls movement. The cortex is the outer part of the brain and has six layers. Cells in layer V control the motor symptoms, the team reports. The finding suggests that less invasive procedures to stimulate parts of the brain closer to the surface might be an alternative to deep brain surgery. This is a big change in the way we look at the circuit, says Romulo Fuentes, a …

dude asked:


Pleas! I do not want an emotional or political answer, I do not care if you are prolife or proscience.
What I am asking is:
Has there been a cure of a disease in humans?
Has there been a cure of a diesease in animals?
Has there been a treatment of an uncurable disease in humans or animals which gave partial revarsal of a disease state or halted a disease process?
What proof is there that it will or can cure diabetes, parkinsons, demetia, spinal cord injury, or any other illness.
Was ther any chance of Christopher Reeves or Ronald Reagan being alive today had federal fundings een made available for stem cell reaserch?
Do you think, Michael J. Fox or Patti Label will realize cures of their illnesses in thir lifetime with stem cells?
Please Objctive answers only from either side…I do not want emotional, political rants!

jen asked:


a depression
b multiple sclerosis
c parkinsons disease
d alzheimers disease