Molly+S.

- The name of my disorder is Parkinson's Disease. Parkinson's Disease is also commonly known as PD, Primary Parkinsonism, and Shaking Palsy.
 * Introduction**

- My genes cause is a multifactorial trait. - Scientists say they don't know the mode of inheritance, but if it runs in your family your more than likely to contract it. **Clinical Discription of Parkinson's Disease** - Symptoms Tremors- occur when awake, sitting, and standing still. It subsides when person starts to move. Tremors are the main, and most common symptom. Stress tends to make tremors more noticeable.
 * Mode of Inheritance**

Stiff muscles- This is one of the most early signs of Parkinson's disease. It reduces arm swing on one side of the body when the person is walking.

Slow limited Movement- its difficult to stand up from sitting down for long periods of time.

Weakness of face and throat muscles- talking and swallowing might become more difficult, and speech will become slower and softer.

Difficulty with walking- A person who obtains this disease might start shuffling while they walk, have trouble bending over, or turning around, and have very poor posture.

- Researchers have located the defect, which is in the brain

- Parkinson's Disease effects the person physically and phycologically Physically- impairs your movement and will give you tremors. Phycologically- effects you my impairing some of your memory, language, and problem solving skills, this disease might also cause you to have dementia.

- PD is neither life threatening nor fatal, but over time fromt he intake of the medications it can cause severe incapacity over 10-20 years of obtaining the disease. The life expectancy is once you reach the final stage of PD you have and expectancy to live up to 5 years or maybe even longer.

- This disorder is very common

- It is not found in certain groups of people. PD is mainly found in adults over the age of 55, but it is not uncommon to get this disease at a younger age.

- There is no diagnostic test that can confirm PD.

- Micheal J. Fox is a well known individual who suffers from Parkinson's Disease.

- This disorder can not be detected before the symptoms occur.

- Parkinson's Disease can not be detected prenatally.

- There is also no carrier stage for this disorder.

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- There are a few things that can be done for this disorder, the symptoms can be treated with medication.
 * Treatment**

- There is no cure, or gene therapy for Parkinson's Disease yet.

- Docters are running ongoing research on this disease, but no cure yet.

- Though PD can be treated with medication there are pro's and con's Pro's: stops some outbreaks Con's: severe brain problems, gastrointestinal problems, drug failure, freezing, and postrual instability.

[|www.health.yahoo.com/nervous-symptoms/parkinson-s-disease-symptoms/healthwise--hw93214.html]
 * References**

[|www.umm.edu/parkinsons/diagnosis.html]

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