Parkinsonism

Parkinsonism is a clinical syndrome characterized by the presence of tremors, rigidity and minor spontaneous movements in the patient. The most common symptom of the disease is tremors, which often affects one arm, then spreads further to the leg of the same side of the body, and then to other limbs. Most often, symptoms of the disease appear when a person’s limbs are immobile (for example, when he is holding a cup in his hand).

The patient’s face has an indifferent look, the voice does not change its tone; in addition, he has a tendency to slouch and drag his feet when walking. Parkinsonism is a disease that affects the basal ganglia of the brain; As a result, a deficiency of the neurotransmitter dopamine appears in the human body.

In medicine, a distinction is usually made between Parkinson's disease, a degenerative disorder sometimes seen in older people and associated with aging, and parkinsonism, which is caused by other causes. For example, a person may develop this disease as a result of long-term use of antipsychotic drugs or may be one of the late manifestations of encephalitis, a symptom of coal gas poisoning or Wilson's disease.

To reduce the symptoms of the disease, anticholinergic drugs, dopamine receptor agonists and levodopa are used.

A common degenerative disease that progresses over the years. At the same time, it is classified as a disease and a disabling pathology. The main patients are people over 55 years of age. A feature of the disease is the presence of tremor of the fingers of outstretched arms. This is called "tremor"

Parkinsonism is a clinical syndrome characterized by the presence of functional disorders such as tremors of the arms, legs, face and speech functions. The cause of the disease lies in changes in the process of dopamine synthesis, which affects the structure and functioning of the substantia nigra of the brain and other areas of the central neurochemical system.