Parkinson

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Parkinsons Disease

• By Kenneth M.
• Period 6

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Research

• Parkinson's disease is a degenerative sickness of
  the nervous system. It is caused by a lack of
  healthy, dopamine producing blood cells, as
  referred to in the diagram on page 6. It was
  first described in detail by James Parkinson in
  his paper written in 1817 called An Essay on the
  Shaking Palsy. However, in AD 175, a physician
  named Galen wrote a paper named Shaking Palsy.
  The French neurologist Jean Martin Charcot named
  the sickness after james Parkinson 60 years after
  Parkinsons paper was published.

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Research

• The symptoms are tremors, bradykinesia, akinesia,
  digestion problems, depression, low blood
  pressure, temperature sensitivity, leg
  discomfort, and losing the ability to balance.
  The tremors are usually localized at first, such
  as in one toe. It then spreads up the leg.
  Bradykinesia is slowness of motion. Akinesia is
  when the muscles become rigid. Digestion
  problems like low energy and constipation.

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Research

• Depression is when you are in a state of sadness.
  Low blood pressure which can result in fainting
  and light headedness. Temperature sensitivity
  can result in excess sweating and hot flashes.
  Leg discomfort like cramps and sometimes a
  burning sensation. There is currently no cure,
  but there are many types of medicine and
  treatments. One treatment is stem cell
  treatment. The idea is that you replace the
  damaged dopamine producing neural cells with stem
  cells. This has a relatively good success rate
  at limiting certain symptoms, as referred to in
  the diagram on slide 7. There are also some
  types of medication ranging from Levodopa, which
  basically functions by increasing dopamine
  levels, to Segeline, which is a MAO-B inhibitor
  (MAO-B is an enzyme that degrades dopamine).

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Research

• Each patient spends approximately 2,500 dollars
  for medication every year. The average age when
  you are diagnosed with it is about 60 years.

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Body Diagram
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Math Oriented Diagram
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Interview

• Q What is your name?
• A Mansour.
• Q Who did you know that had Parkinsons?
• A My dad.
• Q What symptoms did your father have at first?
• A He had pain and tremors in his thumb.
• Q When did you find out he had Parkinson's?
• A My dad had suspected he had it because his
  father had had it too. We took him to the doctor
  and he did some simple test on his elbow. My dad
  had suspected he had it because his father had
  had it too.

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Interview

• Q How long after he was diagnosed with
  Parkinson's did he live?
• A Approximately 15 years.
• Q How old was he when he passed?
• A 85 years old.
• Q How did it affect his lifestyle?
• A When his medication wore off, he would freeze
  up and could not move. To make him start walking
  again, we would make a line out of something
  like a piece of paper or a ruler in front of his
  feet.

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Conclusion

• I chose to do Parkinson's because my grandfather
  died of it. I didnt have closure and doing this
  project definitely helped. The most interesting
  thing that I learned by doing this project was
  that the older you are when you get Parkinson's,
  the slower it progresses. For example, Michael
  J. Fox was diagnosed at 30 with Parkinson's and
  the symptoms progressed quickly while my
  grandfathers symptoms took about 13 years to
  become serious.

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Conclusion

• The most important source of information I used
  was a website called Parkinsons.org. I would
  still like to know whether it is truly
  hereditary. I have read mixed opinions on this.
  I think that the strengths of this report are the
  interview and the diagrams. I also think that
  the weakness of the report is the conclusion.

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Bibliography

• (7)Mansour M.
• (8)The book Parkinsons Disease The complete
  guide for patients and caregivers by Abraham N.
  Lieberman, M.D. and Frank L. Williams