Parkinsosn’s Disease | | Result: | Improved | | History | Patient was apparently normal till 1987 when he developed behavioral symptoms for which he consulted local psychiatrist and was diagnosed for bipolar disorder and advised anti psychotic drugs. Symptoms subsided and again relapsing. Details of the same not available. Since 2002 patient developed insidious onset resting tremors over the hands. h/o slowness of activities of daily living present. Patient was diagnosed for parkinson’s disease
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different symptoms. Most report a gradual onset of aching‚ malaise‚ and fatigue; followed by evidence of a tremor in one or more than one extremity.11 Even with the large number of symptoms‚ no two people will experience the exact same symptoms of the disease.8 These symptoms are divided into two categories: motor and non-motor symptoms. Because PD affects the way the brain controls the movements of the body‚ the first symptoms usually identified are motor symptoms.12 Motor symptoms are the more visibly
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Parkinsonism is a clinical syndrome identified by motor and non-motor symptoms such as bradykinesia‚ rigidity‚ resting tremors and failure of postural reflexes (1‚ 2). Parkinson’s disease (PD) is the second most common neurodegenerative disorder and the leading cause of Parkinsonism‚ which affects more than 0.1% of the population older than 40 years of age (3). Recently‚ genes associated with other neurodegenerative disorders have been screened as candidate genes for idiopathic PD (iPD) in hereditary
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Dysarthria‚ a motor speech disorder‚ results in the impairment of speech production predominantly due to “disturbances in muscular execution or control of the speech mechanism” (Freed‚ 2011‚ p. 2). In general‚ patients will experience symptoms of vocal fatigue‚ tremors‚ slurred or slow speech that’s difficult to understand‚ and problems controlling pitch and loudness (5). At the diagnosis stage‚ SLPs notice important signs of abnormal strength‚ speed‚ and accuracy during speech movements (Moore‚
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passed away a year ago and was originally diagnosed with LBD. My family had never heard of such a disease before it personally affected us. As I further researched the medical condition I came to discover that not being aware of this disease was not really an uncommon thing. Actually‚ it is considered to be extremely difficult to diagnose. LBD has close relations with Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease. This was a very hard condition for my family to digest and deal with. No one likes to see a family
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causes for dysphagia that can be classified in three categories : neurological‚ structural and mechanical‚ and the neck or head condition \cite{clave}‚ \cite{paper5}‚ \cite{cook}‚ \cite{clave2}. \subsection{Patients with neurological diseases:} Neurological diseases can cause dysphagia because muscles involved in the swallowing process are less controllable by the brain. Moreover‚ the sensors that should detect the bolus in the pathway‚ may not detect it at all or may detect it with an important
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known for changing certain details and events that occur. On the other hand‚ Awakenings seems to not comply with this trend. Even though the names of the characters were changed and the method of treatment differed‚ the movie appeared to depict the disease and the drug used to treat it accurately. Movie Synopsis The movie Awakenings was based on a 1973 book by a psychiatrist named Oliver Sacks. Awakenings was about Malcolm Sayer‚ a neurologist played by Robin Williams‚ who had to work with patients
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condition. A wide range of evidence will be used to support my discussion. The patient chosen to explore‚ is one who lives with the LTC of Parkinson’s. The patient had started to experience Motor Fluctuations‚ also referred to as “off “ periods. Motor Fluctuations are associated with long-term use of levodopa and usually appear in people who have had Parkinson’s for some time‚ patients experience “end-of-dose deterioration” meaning that the dose does not last until the next dose is due (Parkinson’s
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Parkinson’s disease (PD) occurs in 1 to 2% of the people over 60 years‚ and estimated costs of drug treatment are about 1‚000 to 6‚000 dollars per patient per year1. Subthalamic deep brain stimulation (STN DBS) is a now commonly used method in which two electrodes are implanted in a patient’s subthalamic nuclei to decrease the motor symptoms and instabilities of the medication in PD. Usually there are two electrodes implanted‚ one in each hemisphere‚ even though PD occurs asymmetrically. That would
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Parkinson’s Disease Noreen Sahs PSY350 Dr. Wayne Briner June 1‚ 2014 The reasons chosen to critique Parkinson’s disease are entirely personal‚ are educational in nature and are emotional personally. My stepmother was diagnosed‚ after many misdiagnoses‚ with PD about a year ago. Before her final PD diagnosis a great deal of degeneration in her functioning with debilitating symptoms over a period of about two years manifested. She suffered from a frequent chronic dry‚ hacking cough that lasted minutes
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