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From: tina_semal <no_reply@yahoogroups.com>
To: nobordersforparkinsondisease@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Monday, July 6, 2009 1:36:43 PM
Subject: [No borders for Parkinsondisease] It's not an earthquake, its just P





Hand tremor is a commonly visual symptom. It's not an earthquake its just
Parkinson's Disease, is the way a person with one of the common symtoms may
describe how they feel.

The word "tremor" is a very common word to anyone living in an earthquake prone
areas although it is probably more common amongst the community of people living
with Parkinson's Disease . Tremors present themselves as a slight twitching up
to full outright shaking. Often beginning in either side of the body, although
rare, it may be present in both.

Tremors are an uncontrollable symptom among the numerous symptoms that afflict
each individual Parkinson's Disease patient differently. These movements may
begin showing up in the fingers, hands, arms, toes, feet, legs and any other
muscle of the body. These irregular muscle movements are a direct reflection of
the battle in the neurons of the brain between dopamine and protein. In the
previous article it was noted how these two neuron-chemicals are essential to
much of the brain's processing of information. Tremors are directly related to
this unbalanced.

"When a person has Parkinson's disease, their dopamine-producing cells begin to
die and the amount of dopamine produced in the brain decreases. Messages from
the brain telling the body how and when to move are therefore delivered more
slowly, leaving a person incapable of initiating and controlling movements in a
normal way",is the way the National Parkinson's Foundation officially defines
what causes tremors.

Tremors are treated in several ways depending on the individual with Parkinson's
Disease. There are multiple medicines, exercises and deep brain stimulation.
Although in the early stages of treatment there can be impressive results,
eventually the benefits fade causing a need to change treatments. In upcoming
articles all of these treatment topics will be reviewed.







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