Parkinson disease is also known as paralysis agitans or shaking palsy. It’s a disorder that affects nerve cells of the brain that controls muscle movement. The chemical called dopamine is made by the neurons in the brain and these neurons die or don’t work anymore. This disease affects more men than women and generally begins around 60 years of age.
Parkinson disease is a debilitating and aging disease. It is a progressive disease that gets worse over time and lasts a long time with no known cure. It appears that many cases were exposed to environmental toxins such as pesticides. There may be an increase of Parkinson in persons that drank rural well water that may have pesticide exposure (agricultural chemicals).
SYMPTONS: Tremors; Stiffness of arms, legs and body; Slowness of movement; Posture instability; Poor balance and coordination; Depression; Trouble chewing, swallowing, speaking; Syncope (fainting, caused by insufficient oxygen in the brain); Insomnia; Dementia
Parkinson is diagnosed by the medical history and neurological examination. It appears that dopamine is needed to have activity in the circuits of the basal ganglia. In Europe Ioflupane (123I) is used in Nuclear Medicine SPECT gamma camera scans to image the brain. It shows if the dopamine activity in the basal ganglia is normal or abnormal. The SPECT scan image used for diagnoses is a cross section of the middle of the brain. The normal scan looks like opposing single quotation marks approximately above the sinuses. As Parkinson disease progresses the bottom part of the single quotation marks start to disappear.
A variety of medicines used to sometimes help symptoms: LEVODOPA which controls some of the symptoms such as slow movement and stiffness. Levodopa goes to the nerve cells in the brain and is converted into dopamine; ELDERYL by preventing the dopamine from being destroyed. This drug may slow the progression of Parkinson’s disease in the early stage of the disease. This drug is well-tolerated by most people, with possible side effects of Nausea, Dizziness/Lightheaded/Fainting, Abdominal Pain, Confusion, Hallucinations, Vivid Dreams, Dyskinesias, Headache: APO-TRIHEX Trihexyphenidyl is used to treat symptoms such as restlessness and shakiness. Apo-Trihex allegedly corrects the chemical imbalances that cause Parkinson’s: TRIVASTAL (Piribedil) helps in Parkinson’s disease, memory loss, and dizziness.
ANTIOXIDANT OXIDANT WATER: Steven M. Lacny (diagnosed with Parkinson at age of 52) says three days of drinking the water (about a gallon + a day), I noticed some easing of pain in my joints. After two weeks all of the pain and stiffness was gone… and after not being to taste anything for a year my taste was back and sharper than ever.
