genetic‚ environmental‚ and age-related factors. Genetics factors cause of Parkinson’s disease through a mutation in the genes responsible for dopamine and other vital proteins. Environmental factors are thought to be associated with Parkinson’s in that exposure to certain toxins such as pesticides can play a significant role in the abnormal levels of dopamine produced. Age is also a definitive factor of the disease‚ because people under the age of 60 are rarely diagnosed (Triarhou‚
Premium Dopamine Parkinson's disease Brain
! Pathophysiology Research Paper - Parkinson’s Disease 7/20/13 ! Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a common neurodegenerative disorder second to Alzheimer’s disease in prevalence (1). PD is marked by rigidity‚ a tremor at rest‚ unstable posture‚ and bradykinesia. Incident rates of PD increase with age the earliest occurring around 40 years with a significant increase after 60 years (7). Approximately 1 in 272 people have PD in the United States though it is believed that there are many undiagnosed
Premium Parkinson's disease Dopamine Neurology
Different types of dementia include: - Alzheimer’s disease. - Vascular dementia. - Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD) - Biswanger’s Disease. - Fronto-temporal disease. - Dementia with lewy bodies. - Huntington’s disease. Alzheimer’s disease is described by the Alzheimer’s society as follows. “ Alzheimer’s disease first described by the German neurologist Alois Alzheimer is a physical disease affecting the brain. During the course of the disease protein plaques and tangles develop in the structure
Premium Alzheimer's disease Traumatic brain injury
sources of current legal thinking on quarantine for contagious diseases. The first originates in the law of quarantine itself. The second concerns civil commitment. Quarantine laws are limited to controlling infectious diseases. Civil commitment laws govern incarceration when people are a danger to themselves or others‚ are mentally ill and unable to care for themselves‚ or present a danger to others because they spread infectious disease. Before antibiotics‚ quarantine was important in preventing
Premium Infectious disease Tuberculosis
There are two types of Alzheimer’s disease; the first is called early-onset and appear in people from 30 to 60 years old. The first type is little common. The second type is called late-onset and it appears in people after 60 years old. The most common is the second type. The causes are not really clear‚ but these include a mixture of genetic‚ environmental and lifestyle factors. Factors genetics and age cannot be controlled. In contrast‚ other factor like socialize can be changed. Besides lifestyle
Premium Alzheimer's disease Brain Neuron
Alzheimer’s Disease Christina Fidler Com150 March 18‚ 2010 Jennifer Anderson The Changing Mind of Alzheimer’s Disease Imagine living to be 80. The experiences‚ knowledge‚ and emotion an 80-year-old brain must hold are inconceivable. As a person ages there is a normal progression of symptoms such as dementia‚ including memory loss. How does one know when memory loss is more significant than normal aging? When should one become concerned of a dementia such as Alzheimer’s disease? An official
Premium Psychology Alzheimer's disease Cognition
Huntington’s disease was first ever believed to be discussed in a letter by Charles Oscar Waters in 1842. In 1846 Charles Gorman noted that the disease seemed to occur in a certain region. Symptoms of the disease were described by Johan Christian in 1860. In 1872 George Huntington gave the first complete description of the disease based on his research‚ and so the disease was named after him. In 1993 the huntingtin gene was located. Huntington’s disease is caused by a defective gene. The defective
Premium Neuron Brain Alzheimer's disease
Parkinson’s Disease A week ago‚ Ashley had met her boyfriend‚ Jayden’s‚ mom‚ Cathy‚ for the first time. They went to breakfast and then went shopping. While they were shopping‚ Ashley learned something very personal about Jayden’s mom‚ she had Parkinson’s disease. Cathy was pushing the shopping cart and Jayden and Ashley were walking behind her and the next thing Ashley knew‚ Cathy had stopped and told Jayden to push the cart for a while. Cathy just stood there‚ hands shaking‚ and then she clenched
Premium Parkinson's disease
Lyme disease is a bacterial disease that affects over 200‚000 each year. It is caused by the bacteria Borrelia burgdorferi. It is transmitted through the bite of blacklegged ticks (deer ticks). These ticks are found in grassy and wooded areas. Female nymphal or young black-legged ticks carry and transmit the Lyme disease bacteria Borrelia burgdorferi the most. Common symptoms of Lyme disease are fever‚ muscle pain‚ joint pain‚ headache‚ fatigue‚ and a characteristic skin rash called Erythema migrans
Premium Lyme disease
------------------------------------------------- Alzheimer’s disease HCA/240 Veronica Brinson Mary Lou. Jenkins August 25‚ 2013 Alzheimer’s disease is a chronic progressive deterioration of the brain leading to dementia‚ incapacitation‚ and death. Dementia is a condition marked by memory loss plus a minimum of one other cognitive impairment. Alzheimer’s disease has been referred to as both the plaque of the ages and the plague of the aged. Alzheimer’s disease was so poorly understood that people
Premium Alzheimer's disease