Thursday, August 30, 2007

Public awareness of Parkinson's in Malaysia

Wed Aug 29, 2007 5:27 am Post subject: Public awareness of Parkinson's Disease in Malaysia

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We have problems on the public awareness of PD in Malaysia.

There are reasons PD sufferers either under-diagnosis or late diagnosis of PD.

1. the lack of public awareness

Public are not well aware or informed about the early PD symptoms. This illness is widely under-recognized by our society and even among the medical personnel.Many sufferers of PD regard the early symptoms of PD as a natural ageing process and not a disease. When an elderly person starts to have slowness of movement and tremor, many people will have
this to say- " I know you are slowing down.

2.the lack of Movement Disorders Specialists

PD sufferers have no choice but to see the general practitioners who may not familiar with the diagnosis of PD. As the result we have late or under diagnosis of PD sufferers. Besides PD sufferings themselves do not understand the onset of illness. Some notice the slowdown of physical movement without knowing the exact cause.

TEOKIMHOE

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Kathrynne Holden, MS, RD



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Posted: Wed Aug 29, 2007 6:18 pm Post subject:

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Teo, thank you once again for pointing out some of the many concerns that affect those with PD. And it is not only in Malaysia, unfortunately, but throughout the world. It is vitally important that the public and the world's doctors become better aware of the symptoms of PD, so that people can get a proper diagnosis and treatment.
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