About the disease
WHAT IS PARKINSON'S DISEASE?
· Is named after the English physician James Parkinson
· Another name for this illness is paralysis agitans
· Degenerative neurologic disease
· Chronic, progressive neurologic disease
WHAT HAPPENS IN PARKINSON’S DISEASE?
· No longer have enough dopamine, and you have trouble moving the way you want
· Substantia nigra in the brain are primarily affected
· He brain’s ability generate body movements is disrupted signs and symptoms
o Tremors
o Rigidity
o Akinesia (lack of movement or loss of spontaneous movement)
o Bradykinesia (slowness of movement)
o Problems with walking and posture
· Is named after the English physician James Parkinson
· Another name for this illness is paralysis agitans
· Degenerative neurologic disease
· Chronic, progressive neurologic disease
WHAT HAPPENS IN PARKINSON’S DISEASE?
· No longer have enough dopamine, and you have trouble moving the way you want
· Substantia nigra in the brain are primarily affected
· He brain’s ability generate body movements is disrupted signs and symptoms
o Tremors
o Rigidity
o Akinesia (lack of movement or loss of spontaneous movement)
o Bradykinesia (slowness of movement)
o Problems with walking and posture