Parkinson's Disease : Crippling and Disabling

Parkinson's disease known as PD attacks the nervous system and central areas. It cripples and disables the person in the spinal and brain area. This is a movement disorder that includes the spinal cord and brain. We all have a chemical substance in our brain that produces dopamine in our brain cells. Only some people it doesn't produce as much dopamine as others. Dopamine carries messages to tell the body when and how to move. When these brain cells die or are damaged it causes Parkinson's disease. After so much damage or dead cells there isn't enough dopamine to carry messages to the body and the movement become hard to do anything. Parkinson's disease progresses and the symptoms get worse. These symptoms speed to different levels for different people. The experts do not know what causes the brain cells to die. Maybe the Toxins environment like pesticides or a chemical that builds up and damage the brain cells. 15% to 20% of the people with 

Parkinson's disease have a close relative with these symptoms.
: Shaking or tremors, in hands, arms, legs and neck.
: Slowness in movement.
: Stiffness of the limbs and trunk.
: Poor Balance and coordination.

When this runs its course Parkinson's can cripple or disable, many don't heed the warning signs. As you age you really notice all of these symptoms. Their speech gets soft and their a little shaky. As time moves on their symptoms lead also to anxiety, depression and trouble swallowing and chewing. Others may have trouble at night trying to fall asleep. There is still no cure of Parkinson's disease, but they have medications out for them to take. My mother has this PD and she is on Symmetrell, she has been for over 20 years. But hers is in a slow progressing stage. Unlike Michael J. Fox the actor, his has progressed more rapidly. Doctors have tried transplanting nerve cells in the brain to produce dopamine, but either the medicine or this surgery stops completely Parkinson's disease.