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Introduce to Parkinsons Disease

   

Added on  2020-06-06

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Parkinson’s disease
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TABLE OF CONTENTSINTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1Aetiology and pathogenesis.........................................................................................................1Diagnostic process.......................................................................................................................2Treatment.....................................................................................................................................3CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................5REFERENCES................................................................................................................................6
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INTRODUCTIONParkinson’s disease is a disorder of central nervous system that directly affects motorskills of an individual. The cause of this disease is still unknown but various researchers believethat it is due to the combination of genetic and environmental factors (Allen, Schwarzel andCanning, 2013). The report discusses regarding aetiology and pathogenesis of Parkinson’s. Itwill also discuss regarding stage 1 to 5 of the disease and prevalence of symptoms in same. Acomprehensive discussion will also be made on diagnostic process and treatment aspect of thisdisease. At the end, it can be stated that deep brain surgery is performed to bring condition undercontrol at the last stage of Parkinson’s disease. Aetiology and pathogenesisParkinson’s disease is a neurodegenerative disorder which has an ability to deterioratemotor functions of the body. The condition is initiated due to loss of dopamine producing braincells. The cause is still unknown to the disease but researcher have been able to speculate thatthere is adequate involvement of both genetic and environmental factors in its initiation. Primarysymptoms of this disease are, stiffness, tremors and impaired balance. Other secondarysymptoms of this disease are, depression, anxiety and dementia (Kelly, Eusterbrock andShumway-Cook, 2012). Majority of the individuals are diagnosed with this disease after the ageof 60 years or older than it. However, it early onset of Parkinson’s disease can be found inyoungsters as well. AetiologyExposure to certain type of pesticides and any type of history of head injury have directlink to Parkinson’s disease. If the individual has never smoked cigarettes or any type caffeinatedbeverage also increases the risk of Parkinson’s disease to some extent. Lack of concentration ofurate in blood serum can also result in this disease. Researchers have indicated that complexinteraction between genetic and environmental factors can lead to this disease (King and et.al.,2012). There are various Parkinson’s related genes that are involved in direct function oflysosomes which are responsible for digestion of cellular wastes. In certain cases, Parkinson’sdisease can also be the result of dysfunction of lysosomes that ultimately reduced the ability ofcells to breakdown alpha- synuclein. Age id considered to be the greatest factor of developmentof Parkinson’s disease, where men tend to get affected by it by about 1.5 to 2 times more often in1
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