



- michaeljfox.org
- Patient Voices: Parkinson's Disease, NY Times Health Guide
- Parkinson's Disease Foundation
- mayoclinic.com
- Parkinson's Disease Information
On this terrific site you'll find "Parkinson’s 101," video on how PD affects the brain, and guides for caregivers and the newly diagnosed. Highly recommended - bookmark this site!
Listen to the stories of seven men and women with Parkinson's disease in this interactive feature from The NY Times Health Guide. We think this is very worthwhile.
Go here to download all kinds of free literature, including fact sheets and resource lists.
This link offers lots of detail about Parkinson's medications, as well as other helpful information on the disease.
Answers are easy to find on this straightforward and uncluttered site.
Denial is easy to come by with a Parkinson’s diagnosis. It’s not like the punch in the face that a stroke or a cancer diagnosis might deliver, where you’re forced to deal with it and make critical life and death decisions right away. It’s more like the threat of a slowly approaching storm on a clear, sunny day.
Source: ninds.nih.gov
Parkinson's disease (PD) belongs to a group of conditions called motor system disorders, which are the result of the loss of dopamine-producing brain cells. The four primary symptoms of PD are tremor, or trembling in hands, arms, legs, jaw, and face; rigidity, or stiffness of the limbs and trunk; bradykinesia, or slowness of movement; and postural instability, or impaired balance and coordination.
Source: webmd.com
The four main symptoms of Parkinson’s are:
- Tremor, which means shaking or trembling. Tremor may affect your hands, arms, legs, or head.
- Stiff muscles
- Slow movement
- Problems with balance or walking
Source: michaeljfox.org
What else could it be? Early in the disease process it may be difficult to know whether symptoms indicate Parkinson's disease or a syndrome that mimics it. Some conditions that could potentially be mistaken for Parkinson's include:
There are five Parkinson's disease stages. This helps healthcare providers decide what treatment to recommend and to help families better understand how the condition progresses. These categories include stages I through V, and can also be described as early, moderate, and advanced Parkinson's disease. The effects and severity of symptoms increases with each of these five stages.
Source: mayoclinic.org
People who are only mildly affected by Parkinson's disease may need no treatment at first. As symptoms progress, various treatment approaches are available.
This site is it for Parkinson's disease clinical trials - you can search trials by location, trial type, symptom or keyword at pdtrials.org.
Source: parkinsons.org
Hope is a powerful thing. Without hope for a better future, the will to live is lost and recovery, no matter what the affliction, is impossible.
Imagine then, being told by your doctor that you have a progressive and degenerative disease that robs you of the ability to control your own body. A disease for which there is no cure.
This is the reality for those diagnosed with Parkinson's disease.

Is your parent's medication not working? Call the doctor. Don't improvise a solution.

"Health Guide: Parkinson's Disease," The New York Times

