Parkinson’s Disease

Parkinson’s disease is a form of progressive disorder of the nervous system, affecting movements. Tremors can be common factors, and this slowly starts with stiffness which causes the slowing down of body functions.

Symptoms of Parkinson’s Disease

Primarily it affects one side of the body and later spreads to the other side as well. Few noticed symptoms are:

• A tremor in the form of trembling or shaking limbs often in your fingers or hands
• Movement, Simpler tasks are made complicated. It doesn’t seem easy to reach out or take a few steps to walk. 
• The stiffness of the Muscles makes it painful to move around. 
• Speech & Writing get impacted as a slur in the tone appears while speaking. The Writing gets to be more challenging and smaller.

Risk factors of Parkinson’s Disease

There are a few notable risk factor criteria as follows:

• Age – Mid-age people and elderly adults are more prone to Parkinson’s
• Gender – Men are more prone to Parkinson’s than a woman
• Family History – There are more chances when an immediate family member is already affected.

Treatment for Parkinson’s

Eliminating the disease is not possible, but treating it to reduce the intensity and control the occurrence can be followed using:

• Medication can help you manage the discomfort to a certain extent. It can help in the walking movements and reduce the tremor.
• The doctor recommends surgery in case of any advanced symptoms shown. Surgeons perform deep brain stimulation, which sends the electrical pulses to the brain and helps in the reduction of Parkinson’s.

The medical practitioner would recommend specific lifestyle changes which will create a positive response.