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  2. Management of Parkinson's disease - Wikipedia

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    In the management of Parkinson's disease, due to the chronic nature of Parkinson's disease (PD), a broad-based program is needed that includes patient and family education, support-group services, general wellness maintenance, exercise, and nutrition. At present, no cure for the disease is known, but medications or surgery can provide relief ...

  3. Parkinson's disease - Wikipedia

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    Parkinson's typically manifests in individuals over 60, with about one percent affected. In those younger than 50, it is termed "early-onset PD". No cure for Parkinson's is known, and treatment focuses on alleviating symptoms. Initial treatment typically includes L-DOPA, MAO-B inhibitors, or dopamine agonists.

  4. Signs and symptoms of Parkinson's disease - Wikipedia

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    Parkinson's disease patient showing a typical flexed walking posture in advanced stage. Signs and symptoms of Parkinson's disease are varied. Parkinson's disease affects movement, producing motor symptoms. [1] Non-motor symptoms, which include dysautonomia, cognitive and neurobehavioral problems, and sensory and sleep difficulties, are also ...

  5. Parkinsonism - Wikipedia

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    Parkinsonism is a clinical syndrome characterized by the four motor symptoms found in Parkinson's disease: tremor, bradykinesia (slowed movements), rigidity, and postural instability. [1] [2] Parkinsonism gait problems can lead to falls and serious physical injuries. Other common symptoms include:

  6. Stroke recovery - Wikipedia

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    Unlike many effects of stroke, where the clinician is able to judge the particular area of the brain that a stroke has injured by certain signs or symptoms, the causation of apraxia is less clear. A common theory is that the part of the brain that contains information for previously learned skilled motor activities has been either lost or ...

  7. Parkinson-plus syndrome - Wikipedia

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    Parkinson-plus syndromes are usually more rapidly progressive and less likely to respond to antiparkinsonian medication than PD. [10] [11] However, the additional features of the diseases may respond to medications not used in PD. [citation needed] Current therapy for Parkinson-plus syndromes is centered around a multidisciplinary treatment of ...

  8. Basal ganglia disease - Wikipedia

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    The muscle rigidity, tremor at rest, and slowness in initiation and execution of movement that are the cardinal motor symptoms of Parkinson's disease are attributed to a reduction in dopaminergic activity in the basal ganglia motor areas, particularly the putamen, due to gradually reduced innervation from the pars compacta of substantia nigra. [6]

  9. Parkinson's disease and gut-brain axis - Wikipedia

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    [10] [11] [4] [6] [12] In early stages of PD, non-motor symptoms occur prior to the onset of motor symptoms, contributing to a delay in PD diagnosis and even misdiagnosis in up to 15% of cases. [5] [6] By the time motor symptoms appear and treatment is initiated, there is already over 50% dopaminergic neuronal cell loss in the substantia nigra.