{"id":8509,"date":"2020-04-03T08:24:18","date_gmt":"2020-04-03T12:24:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dobsonhealthcare.com\/?p=8509"},"modified":"2020-04-03T08:24:18","modified_gmt":"2020-04-03T12:24:18","slug":"april-parkinsons-awareness-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dobsonhealthcare.com\/dobson-happenings\/april-parkinsons-awareness-month\/","title":{"rendered":"April &#8211; Parkinson&#8217;s Awareness Month"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>April is Parkinsons Awareness Month.<\/p>\n<p>Every day with Parkinson\u2019s disease (PD) can feel different. Having a plan in place can better prepare us for the challenges Parkinson\u2019s may present. April is Parkinson\u2019s Awareness Month. This year, we want to encourage everyone in the PD community to take actionable steps to <a class=\"_58cn\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/hashtag\/plan4pd?source=feed_text&amp;epa=HASHTAG&amp;__xts__%5B0%5D=68.ARDb8KSskt3MYQWutMj9qnfhWe6TQLLeJ3MOP4HoBCPCOOTCG6a785_Jgbm2JwBs_EJQQQC5o3ccDpkC2qx8jDnwiXs6Y4CAry2AnSLvFmJ3cmA29Vxrhq73THF_M-291FaPxoOiOI7Ob1EQw2x0xTB1kXp7mW7HKppkDer1ox7OHzi-JjtcSiFgPyGyIlrKfPuVIWEM67HdFfpkVS9gCD6VHYJ7LKzz7rhyfCIYGeB1rA5Op5lcJIHxHoUHrMEtUx7QSsJykY7bBJWbHq0Nv8AsN0pWPdBN-WDMg8Tyu-01M8VOAg1QfqoOdtMtSbB9D0hn4x9L6GDnI1rDh_9cqgyjnw&amp;__tn__=%2ANK-R\" data-ft=\"{&quot;type&quot;:104,&quot;tn&quot;:&quot;*N&quot;}\"><span class=\"_5afx\"><span class=\"_58cl _5afz\" aria-label=\"hashtag\">#<\/span><span class=\"_58cm\">Plan4PD<\/span><\/span><\/a> and share ways that help improve your everyday life with Parkinson&#8217;s.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.parkinson.org\">Parkinson.Org<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item\">\n<p><strong>Parkinson&#8217;s disease (PD) is a\u00a0neurodegenerative disorder that affects predominately dopamine-producing (\u201cdopaminergic\u201d) neurons in a specific area of the brain called substantia nigra.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Symptoms generally develop slowly over years. The progression of symptoms is often a bit different from one person to another due to the diversity of the disease. People with PD may experience:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Tremor, mainly at rest and described as pill rolling tremor in hands. Other forms of tremor are possible<\/li>\n<li>Bradykinesia<\/li>\n<li>Limb rigidity<\/li>\n<li>Gait\u00a0and balance problems<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The cause remains largely unknown. Although there is no cure, treatment options vary and include medications and surgery. While Parkinson\u2019s itself is not fatal, disease complications can be serious. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) rated complications from PD as the 14th cause of death in the United States.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>The first step to living well with Parkinson\u2019s disease is to understand the disease and the progression:<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>It is possible to have a good to great quality of life with PD. Working with your doctor and following recommended therapies are essential in successfully treating symptoms by using dopaminergic medications. People with PD need this medication because they have low levels or are missing dopamine\u00a0in the brain, mainly due to impairment of neurons in the substantia nigra.<\/p>\n<p>It is important to understand that people with PD first start experiencing symptoms later in the course of the disease because a significant amount of the substantia nigra neurons have already been lost or impaired. Lewy bodies (accumulation of abnormal alpha-synuclein) are found in substantia nigra neurons of PD patients.<\/p>\n<p>Scientists are exploring ways to identify biomarkers for PD that can lead to earlier diagnosis and more tailored treatments to slow down the disease process. Currently, all therapies used for PD improve symptoms without slowing or halting the disease progression.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to movement-related (\u201cmotor\u201d) symptoms, Parkinson\u2019s symptoms may be unrelated to movement (\u201cnon-motor\u201d).People with PD are often more impacted by their non-motor symptoms than motor symptoms. Examples of non-motor symptoms include: apathy, depression, constipation, sleep behavior disorders, loss of sense of smell and cognitive impairment.<\/p>\n<p>In idiopathic Parkinson\u2019s disease, progression tends to be slow and variable. Doctors often use the Hoehn and Yahr scale to gauge the progression of the disease over the years. The scale was originally implemented in 1967 and it included stages zero to five, where zero is no signs of Parkinson\u2019s and five is advanced PD. It was later changed to become the modified Hoehn and Yahr scale.<\/p>\n<p><em>Page reviewed by Dr. Ahmad Elkouzi, Movement Disorders Fellow at the University of Florida, a Parkinson\u2019s Foundation Center of Excellence.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>April is Parkinsons Awareness Month. Every day with Parkinson\u2019s disease (PD) can feel different. Having a plan in place can better prepare us for the challenges Parkinson\u2019s may present. April is Parkinson\u2019s Awareness Month. 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