Parkinson's

Sunday, August 30, 2009

Parkinson's is a degenerative disease characterized by tremors and stiffness of muscle movement. However in some cases caused by toxins, head injury, and drugs.

Causes in the brain there is an area called the basal ganglia. This basal ganglia signal processing and deliver a message to the thalamus, which will convey the information that has been dioalah back to the cerebral cortex. In people with Parkinson's, cells in the basal ganglia into decline.

Symptoms
Symptoms of Parkinson's include: shaking (tremors) in hand, stiff muscles and hard-driven, if the forearm bent backward or corrected by others, the more difficult movements, the patient had difficulty walking, berkurangnnya facial expressions, often choking (difficulty swallowing ), people with difficulty articulating thoughts.

Medical
Parkinson's treated with some therapy. Drug therapy, physical therapy, and voice therapy are some examples of therapy for Parkinson's.