The age of the patient at the time when early symptoms of the disease begin to appear plays a role in life expectancy with Parkinson's. The majority of those diagnosed with this disease are over the age of 60, with the number of affected rising dramatically between 70 and 80 years of ag...
Parkinson’s disease is a disorder wherein certain cells in the brain gradually sicken and die off. This causes problems with brain signaling and gives rise to a characteristic set of motor symptoms, namely slowed movements, rigidity, tremor, and balance problems, as well as nonmotor symptoms....
This type of dementia causes problems with attention and things such as driving early on, as well as sleeping issues, seeing things that aren’t there (hallucinations), and slowed, unbalanced movements, similar to Parkinson’s disease symptoms. Memory loss tends to show up later in the disease...
The age of the patient at the time when early symptoms of the disease begin to appear plays a role in life expectancy with Parkinson's. The majority of those diagnosed with this disease are over the age of 60, with the number of affected rising dramatically between 70 and 80 years of ag...