Self education in fighting the PD disease?

Self education in fighting the PD Disease ?

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Thank you for your email and pleased that you agree with me that PD is a progessive disease that it to be checked at earlier stage by movement disorder specialists.

Besides it is difficulty to be detected at an earlier stage.

It is too late also to be detected at the later stage of PD as it is difficulty to be normal.

It is ideal to have few neuroglists to check the PD at an earlier stages as the symptom varies from one people to the other.

Besides the specialist has it own specialised field.

It is difficulty for the doctor to detect the PD when people grow older as the movement go slow and have bad body postures.

If I am wrong 2% to 3% out of 100 have PD syndromes at the age above 60 years?

The growth of the age population the numbers will be increasing and it is not including the youngers age below 60 years old.

PD patient do not die on PD but dies on liver, kidney or pnrumococcal diseases.

Kindly comment

TEO KIM HOE*************************Dear Teo,

I believe you are correct -- by age 60, the incidene of PD has greatly increased.

Researcers disagree about the exact percent, but about 2 out of 100 persons seems to be agreed upon.

And yes, persons with PD often do not die of PD itself, but instead of other diseases -- heart disease, liver or kidney problems, or complications of PD such as aspiration pneumonia.

You must have done a great deal of research and study, and that is a very good idea.

Self-education regarding PD is a great step forward in fighting the disease and maintaining good health. Best regards,

Kathrynne Holden, MS, RD