A question asked by JUDITH P: How long do people with advanced Parkinson’s Disease live?
My husband has advanced diabetes and PD and is rapidly deterioriating. I’m worried about him.
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Answer by jyd9999
diabetes and pd hit everyone differently so no one knows
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A question asked by ♥Sakura 桜♥: Is there a support group or website for the families of people suffering from Parkinson’s disease?
My dad has PD and I’m having trouble copeing. My friend’s don’t understand what I’m going through and some even think I’m lieing about what my life is like!
Is there a support group or website for the families of people who have PD? Thank you.
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Answer by AnnieO
wow. unfortuantly i dont have an aswer but my boyfriend is right there with you. He has been asking people this very same question. Im as curious as you to find out if there is. He is going through the same thing with his mom so ill be checkin back so see if someone can help not only you but me as well
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Question posed by Shawn J: How do people get or develop Parkinson’s disease and Alzheimer’s disease as well?
I hear of so many young people including celebrities falling to this tragic illness. I’m just wondering how do people get it and is it hereditary or it just develops over the years? What are symptoms to both of these illnesses?
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Answer by alyssabeth2304
i’ve heard that cooking with or using aluminum foil to wrap food in can increase the risk of getting alzheimers disease. The reason being because it deposits bits of aluminum in the brain. All the patients who have had alzheimers disease; traces of aluminum was found in their brain after autopsie. But, I think it may be genetic as well.
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Question by Me, Myself & I: Does anyone know of a support group in the Boston area for people who have Parkinson’s Disease?
I have a friend who has Parkinson’s Disease (“PD”) and could greatly benefit from attending a support group with people who also have PD. She lives South of Boston but if anyone knows of any support groups in or around the Boston area, it would very much be appreciated. Thanks!
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Answer by boggle10
You should be able to find an answer here…Good Luck!
http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rls=GGLD,GGLD:2004-03,GGLD:en&q=parkinson+disease+support+group+boston+ma
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Question by D S: Why is Deep Brain Surgery only performed on people with Parkinson’s disease later?
Why aren’t these electrodes set into the brains of those afflicted by parkinson’s disease earlier on? At the moment the procedures are done at the end-of dose period of L-Dopa… why?
Thank you!
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Answer by aneurodoc125
Mainly because there is risk with any surgery. Seizures, infections, miss your target by just a little and there are serious problems, and it is expensive. Insurance companies are not about to pay for it unless you convince them that you have done everything else and nothing is working now.
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ROBERT FREY IS WORKING ON HIS DANCE MOVES SOT ROBERT FREY, DANCER: Im not gonna become a professional dancer by any means but ya know it keeps my body moving in the ways it needs to move. MOVING ISNT ALWAYS EASY FOR FREY WHO WAS DIAGNOSED WITH PARKINSONS DISEASE ABOUT FIVE YEARS AGO. BUT TAPPING HIS TOES TO THE BEAT IS HELPING FREY *BEAT SOME OF HIS SYMPTOMS. SOT ROBERT FREY: Physically and emotionally, its a lift. FREY IS GETTING THAT LIFT HERE IN ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA THROUGH A DANCE PROGRAM DESIGNED FOR PEOPLE WITH PARKINSONS DISEASE. SOT DR. TED ROTHSTEIN, MD, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF NEUROLOGY, GWU: There have been studies that have been published which show that dance techniques seem to produce more improvement in patients Parkinsons Disease symptoms than ordinary physical therapy. PARKINSONS IS A MOVEMENT DISORDER CHARACTERIZED BY TREMORS, STIFFNESS AND SLOW MOTIONS. ITS CAUSED BY THE DEFICIENCY OF A CHEMICAL IN THE BRAIN CALLED DOPAMINE. SOT DR. TED ROTHSTEIN: Dance usually involves music and music can actually stimulate the production of dopaminethe other point about dance therapy is that we know if patients tap their hand in a certain rhythm they can sometimes do things that they could not do otherwise. SANDY MYLES REMEMBERS WATCHING HER FATHER DEAL WITH PARKINSONS. SOT SANDY MYLES: So when my hands started to tremor, I knew. Ya know, somehow I just knew that thats what it was. MYLES IS TRYING TO POSTPONE TAKING MEDICATION FOR AS LONG AS POSSIBLESHE SAYS DANCE IS …
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A question asked by The Unpublished Poet: Why do people think that those with movement disorders like Parkinson’s Disease are faking it to get attention?
I think I have something similar to familial PKD (which is similar to Parkinson’s Disease, except sporadic).
However, there are people who think that people with movement disorders are faking it to get attention.
Why do they think that?
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Answer by Croatian ♠ Angel
ignorance…just try and don’t let them get to you
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A question from Me, Myself & I: Do people who have Parkinson’s Disease get a lot of migraine headaches?
I have a friend who was diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease about 5 years ago. She takes several different kinds of medication for it as prescribed by her doctor. She has also been seen and tested by a neuorologist and they can’t seem to pinpoint why she gets these headaches all the time. She misses a lot of time from work because of these headaches. I was just wondering if other’s who have Parkinson’s suffer like my friend does and what she might do to help alleviate the frequent headaches.
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Answer by whitecloud
it could be a side effect from the tablets shes taking read the eflet that come with the pills
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A question asked by Walt1: How do people with Parkinson’s disease finally die?
My wife has Parkinson’s disease. She is in constant pain. She is losing her ability to do even the most ordinary actions of living. We wonder how Parkinson’s patients finally die.
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Answer by pottersclay75
Parkinson’s by itself does not directly cause people to die. With the treatment that is now available to treat Parkinson’s, life expectancy for someone with Parkinson’s is fairly normal and none of the drugs that are used for Parkinson’s have any serious side effects that could cause death.
However, occasionally in people who are seriously disabled (usually those who have had Parkinson’s for many years), their general physical and mental condition can either cause or exacerbate other illnesses and so contribute to the final cause of death.
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A question from ataloss: Questions for those who take care of people diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease?
These are a few questions I need to ask of someone who actually takes care of Parkinson’s disease patients (it is for my project at dental hygiene school).
1. Are there any psychological effects of Parkinson’s disease?
2. In your opinion, what are some special needs of PD patients?
3. What type of special aids or equipment do you recommend having in a dental office?
4. What is your opinion on sedation in the dental office?
5. Are you aware of oral manifestations from medications that are prescribed to PD patients?
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Answer by The mom
http://www.parkinson.org would be a great site for you to check out. There are forums there where you’d probably get the best info from the people who know best. As far as your questions go-
1. When people are first diagnosed, it can be devastating to them. They may go through quite a range of emotions. As the disease progresses and they lose motor ability and independence, they must also continue to adjust. They can have anger issues, anxiety attacks, and more.
2. The special needs are highly individual, depending on the stage of the degeneration. You would also need to work closely with their own doctor to determine how best to proceed with dental treatment. Patients with extreme tremors might need sedation for dental work to even be possible. Others might be incontinent, and you would certainly want to be sensitive to that.
3/4/5 http://www.pdf.org/en/winter09_dental
The site should provide you with most of what you will need.
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