About Parkinsons

Jesssicaa318 asked:


What are the complications for someone with the disease? My mom said the surgery is going to be very risky and she’ll have a hard time recovering all bc she is older and has parkinsons.
Thanks everybody…great detailed answers!

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Juliet Cohen asked:


Dystonia is a campaign disorder which causes forced contractions of your muscles. The disorder may be inherited or caused by new factors such as birth-related or new physiological injury, transmission, intoxication (eg. Lead intoxication) or response to drugs. It is suspected to be caused by a pathology of the central nervous system, likely originating in those parts of the brain concerned with motor function, such as the basal ganglia, and the gamma-aminobutyric acid producing purkinje neurons. In many cases it may involve some genetic predisposition towards the disorder combined with environmental conditions. Some cases of dystonia are brought on after trauma, are induced by certain drugs (tardive dystonia), or may be the result of diseases of the nervous system such as wilson’s disease. Dystonia can affect just one muscle, a group of muscles or all of your muscles.

Dystonia is classified by three principal factors: the age at which symptoms produce, the areas of the system affected, and the underlying reason. It is a rare disorder. Women appear to be more possible to produce dystonia than men are. While many cases of dystonia have no obvious cause, the disorder sometimes results from an underlying neurological problem, such as heavy metal or carbon monoxide poisoning, oxygen deprivation, stroke. As many as 250,000 people in the united states have dystonia, making it the third most common movement disorder behind essential tremor and parkinson’s disease. Because early symptoms of dystonia are often mild, intermittent and linked to a specific activity, some people with dystonia initially think they’re just imagining a problem. Dystonia which manifests itself in adult life tends to remain focal, rather than becoming generalised.

Symptoms change according to the sort of dystonia involved. In most cases, dystonia tends to head to irregular posturing, especially on campaign. Many sufferers have continual pain, cramping and unrelenting muscle spasms payable to forced muscle movements. Early symptoms may include loss of precision muscle coordination, cramping pain with sustained use and trembling. Significant muscle pain and cramping may result from very minor exertions like holding a book and turning pages. The voice may crack frequently or become harsh, triggering frequent throat clearing. Swallowing can become difficult and accompanied by painful cramping. Stress, anxiety, lack of sleep, sustained use and cold temperatures can worsen symptoms. People with dystonia may also become depressed and find great difficulty adapting their activities and livelihood to a progressing disability.

In some cases, symptoms may advance and so plateau for years, or halt progressing completely. The advancement may be delayed by handling or adaptive lifestyle changes, while forced continued consumption may have symptoms advance more rapidly. An accurate diagnosis may be difficult because of the way the disorder manifests itself. Side effects from treatment and medications can also present challenges in normal activities. Treatment has been limited to minimizing the symptoms of the disorder as there is yet no successful treatment for its cause. Drugs such as anticholinergics, which act as inhibitors of the neurotransmitter acetylcholine, may provide some relief. Clonazepam, an anti-seizure medicine, is also sometimes prescribed. Physical therapy can sometimes help with focal dystonia. A structured set of exercises is tailored to help the affected area.



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Alex Peter asked:


More than 10.9 million people worldwide are diagnosed each year with a type of cancer, and more than 7.6 million die each year from the disease. It is estimated that there are 24.6 million people who have received a diagnosis of cancer in the past five years. Many of them are still fighting the disease and looking for a cure.

Traditional treatment for cancer includes chemotherapy, radiotherapy and surgery. These traditional treatments have been known to cure about one third of the cancers for which they are being used. However, what about the other two thirds of cancer patients? What happens to them after enduring months of exhaustive treatments? What happens when chemotherapy, radiotherapy or surgery aren’t enough to beat their cancers? Were the side effects of the treatments – hair loss, chronic fatigue, nausea and vomiting – are all for nothing?

Gene therapy as a treatment for cancer is an innovative treatment which uses genetic medications to treat the disease. The drug named Gendicine, is the world’s first approved gene therapy drug to treat cancer, approved in 2003 by the State FDA (Food and Drug Administration) of China. To date, more than 1,000 patients worldwide have come to Beijing and have been successfully treated with the drug Gendicine, to cure more than 43 types of solid tumours. These include head and neck cancer, breast cancer, lung cancer, liver cancer, prostate cancer, pancreatic cancer, ovarian cancer and others.

This groundbreaking treatment was developed and is currently only available in China. Some medical experts are calling this a wake-up call for the West to develop their own new integrative cancer therapies using gene therapy and biological therapy.

Gene therapy is an integrative process involving multiple methods of treatment. That is why gene therapy is used along traditional treatments of chemotherapy, surgery and radiotherapy. This has shown to significantly reduce the size of the tumours and to also improve the overall quality of life of the patients.

Gene therapy is also combined with alternative cancer treatments such as traditional Chinese medicine. Traditional Chinese medicine includes acupuncture, massage, herbal medicine and more. Recent studies have shown that one in three Americans have used some sort of alternative therapies while undergoing treatment or recovering from disease.

This alternative cancer treatment, Gene therapy, had proven to shrink back the harsh side effects of chemotherapy and radiotherapy. In addition, acupuncture and herbal medicine can significantly reduce side effects like nausea, prevent vomiting and help fight the fatigue that can be so debilitating during treatment.

As doctors all over the world agree with the fact that traditional methods alone are falling short and still allow millions of deaths each year, Gene therapy and alternative cancer treatments are being thrust into the spotlight as the next big step forward in treating cancer.



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No Requerdo asked:


If someone is diagnosed with Parkinsons disease, on the average, how long do they have to live ?

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Ric Hawkins asked:


There has been considerable excitement in the scientific community in recent years after results of curcumin and Alzheimers studies showed how it could potentially slow down and even reverse the symptoms.

Curcumin, the active ingredient in turmeric root, has powerful antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties, and it is in part due to these that it can help. A number of recent studies from the University of California and other institutions indicate that it improves the cognitive abilities of patients with Alzheimers disease.

It appears that it can help to boost the immune system and in doing so help to clear out amyloid protein. Amyloid protein makes up the plaque, a substance that accumulates in the brains of people with Alzheimer’s disease and is a big factor in the development of the disease, showing how curcumin and Alzheimers prevention are interlinked.

Due to its anti-inflammatory qualities, it can help to reduce inflammation in the brain, more effectively than ibuprofen, and help keep the neural pathways clear. This has the effect of improving memory, an everyday benefit we can all enjoy along with more resistance to common cold and the flu.

It has long been used in India in food and for medicine, and they have the lowest incidence in the world of dementia, like Alzheimers and Parkinson’s disease, and it is believed the high use of turmeric is responsible.

Curcumin and Alzheimers is not the only issue it can deal with as it has been shown to fight cancer, protect the heart and lower the bad cholesterol levels. Quite an achievement for one substance!

You can include curcumin in your daily routine by taking it in a high quality nutritional supplement, as it is not easily absorbed into the body naturally. When combined with other natural nutrients it powers are enhanced even further plus you get the benefit of all the other ingredients.

Just make sure it is 98% pure extract and that piperine from black pepper is present as this dramatically increases the absorption, and therefore the benefits to you.

Curcumin and alzheimers prevention is just the beginning and with over half of us expected to get some form of dementia, what better way to help prevent these terrible diseases striking in the future, while enjoying great health in the present.

Visit my website today if you would like to learn more about the synergistic health supplements which I personally take, including curcumin. 

 



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Dr. Paul Gross asked:


Your brain is your greatest asset but it is also your body’s most vulnerable organ. It requires constant support from other major organs and is your most susceptible organ to oxidative stress during aging.

Here are some brain facts:

1. Your brain makes up only 2% of your total body weight but requires 20% of your heart’s output of blood to sustain the amount of oxygen that it needs.

2. Your brain is the most oxygen-demanding organ in your body.

3. Your brain uses chemicals (neurotransmitters) to relay important messages to other parts of your body. These same chemicals are also involved in chemical reactions that produce damaging free radicals.

4. If your brain cells become weak or die they cannot repair themselves. Their functions then can be permanently lost if cell death or damage occurs.

Given these susceptibilities, your brain is especially vulnerable to conditions that threaten oxygen supply, such as in head injury, stroke, lung diseases and heart failure. Under these conditions, brain activity will continue even without enough oxygen. This can cause problems that lead to extreme levels of oxidative stress and the over-production of damaging free radicals.

In diseases like Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s, other damaging factors are at work. In Alzheimer’s disease, a toxic protein called beta-amyloid, forms in your brain tissue. This protein acts as an irritant and causes inflammation in your brain. This inflammation then causes the production of free radicals that can destroy any membranes and cells in their path.

Parkinson’s disease results from unregulated production of the brain chemical dopamine which, with the help of free radicals, becomes toxic to the brain cells that control your motor functions.

Even in a healthy brain, oxygen radicals are produced every moment during normal high-oxygen demand of neuronal activity. In a healthy brain, enzymes and nutritional antioxidants neutralize these radicals.

Benefits of Dietary Antioxidants

What safeguards can healthy people take to reduce risk of diseases and especially to protect their brains from oxidative stress over a lifetime?

The simplest answer is to follow a diet that includes abundant sources of antioxidant chemicals derived from plant foods. Evidence for the benefits of such a dietary regimen has only been demonstrated in experiments with animals up until now, but the results are convincing. Over the past eight years, the research activities of Dr. Jim Joseph of the US Department of Agriculture, Boston, have focused on how to protect the brain from oxidative stress with dietary use of antioxidant-rich plants such as strawberries, cranberries, elderberries, blueberries and spinach.

Dr. Joseph’s research findings—a message closely pertinent to this essay—can best be represented by a quote from one of his research reports in 1998: “increased antioxidant protection through diets comprised of fruits and vegetables identified as being high in total antioxidant activity might prevent or reverse the deleterious effects of oxidative stress on neurons.”

Summary: Oxidative stress is a major factor in brain aging. This stress can be combated or balanced by including dietary antioxidants into your daily life. The best way to do this is by eating lots of colorful fruits and vegetables each day.

Reading

* Lau FC, Shukitt-Hale B, Joseph JA. The beneficial effects of fruit polyphenols on brain aging. Neurobiol Aging. 2005 Dec;26 Suppl 1:128-32.

* Joseph JA, Shukitt-Hale B, Denisova NA, Prior RL, Cao G, Martin A, Taglialatela G, Bickford PC. Long-term dietary strawberry, spinach, or vitamin E supplementation retards the onset of age-related neuronal signal-transduction and cognitive behavioral deficits.

J Neurosci. 1998 Oct 1;18(19):8047-55.

* Joseph JA, Nadeau DA, Underwood A. The Color Code. Hyperion, New York, 2002.

Copyright 2006 Berry Health Inc.



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tiny k asked:


A friend of mine has Parkinsons’ disease and wants to become one, but he wanted me to find out where he would have to go, what he would have to do, etc? We’re in Pennsylvania, but he’s also okay with leaving the state for it. If he went to the VA or someplace could they give him all of the information he needs?

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Juliet Cohen asked:


Encephalitis lethargica is an atypical form of encephalitis. The exect cause of encephalitis lethargica is not known for certain. Encephalitis lethargica might be an autoimmune disease, where the body’s immune system is triggered by a throat infection (perhaps with a Streptococcus-like bacteria) to attack the nervous system. There is also some evidence of an autoimmune origin with antibodies from patients with encephalitis lethargica binding to neurons in the basal ganglia and mid-brain. Many other names have been given to the condition or to diseases that appear to cause the same symptoms. These include von economo’s disease, cruchet’s disease, akureyri disease, benign myalgic encephalomyelitis and sleeping disease. This disease is more severe. Fortunately, the rapid appearance of symptoms offers more of a chance for quick detection.

The symptoms of encephalitis lethargica can be variable, but the illness usually starts with a high fever, headache and sore throat. It attacked the brain, leaving victims like living statues, speechless and motionless. Sometimes the illness is mistaken for epilepsy, hysteria, or even drug or alcohol abuse. Unusual brain and nerve symptoms may occur and the person’s behaviour and personality may change. Occasionally, the person may become psychotic, with extremely disturbed thinking. Many people died during the original epidemic, but modern medicine can help to keep people alive. These problems may develop as long as a year after recovery. There may also be problems with swallowing or vision, as well as long-term behavioural disorders. However, some people do make a full recovery. Transmission of the trypanosomes across the placenta from a pregnant woman to the fetus can occur.

There’s no remedy for encephalitis lethargica, but handling is targeted at supporting the individual through their sickness and dealing with the symptoms as they happen. In the earlier stages, handling in an intense maintenance unit may be needed to hold the individual respiration, fed and protected from new infections, particularly if they’re in a coma. The selection of handling depends on whether the disease is detected before or subsequently in the transmission. There is less evidence then far of a coherent efficient handling for the initial stages, though some patients given steroids have seen advance. Levodopa and new anti-parkinson drugs frequently develop spectacular responses. The class of encephalitis lethargica varies depending upon complications or accompanying disorders. People may too require mental backing to trade with passionate and behavioural problems.



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vok asked:


Thomas Bartram did an articile on Asaparagus & Parkinsons

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