PARKINSONS
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WHAT PART OF THE BRAIN IS DAMAGED WHEN IT COMES TO PARKINSONS
BASAL GANGLIA - SUBSTANTIA NIGRA
WHAT AGE GROUP IS MOST COMMONLY AFFECTED BY PARKINSONS
65+
WHAT IS THE ETIOLOGY OF PARKINSONS
IDIOPATHIC DEGENERATION OF DOPAMINE PRODUCING SUBSTANUA NIGRA, RESULTING IN REDUCED DOPAMINE PRODUCTION
WHAT ARE SOME MOTOR MANIFESTATIONS OF PARKINSONS
AKINESIA, BRADYKINESIA, RIGIDITY, RESTING TREMMOR, FREEZING PHENOMENON, EASILY FATIGUED, DECREASED MUSCLE POWER
WHAT ARE NON MOTOR MANIFESTATIONS OF PARKINSONS
CONSTIPATION SLEEP DISORDERS ANOSMIA ED APATHY DEPRESSION AND ANXIETY DEMENTIA
WHAT IS STAGE 1 OF PARKINSONS PROGRESSION
MILD UNILATERAL SYMPTOMS WHICH DOTN INTERFERE WITH QUALITY OF LIFE
WHAT IS STAGE 2 OF PARKINSONS DISEASE PROGRESSION
SYMPTOMS WORSEN AND BECOME BILATERAL
WHAT IS STAGE 3 OF PARKINSONS
LOSS OF BALANCE, SLOW MOVEMENTS, FALLS ARE COMMON
WHAT IS STAGE 4 OF PARKINSONS
SYMPTOMS ARE SEVERE, ASSISTANCE FOR WALKING AND EVERYDAY ACTIVITIES
WHAT IS STAGE 5 OF PARKINSONS
UNABLE TO WALK AND NEEDS FULLTIME ASSISTANCE
WHAT MUST BE EXCLUDED BEFORE PARKINSONS CAN BE DX
ALSHEIMERS, CARDIOEMBOLIC STROKE NEUROLOGICAL MANIFESTATIONS OF VASCULAR DEMENTIA
WHAT IS THE GOLD STANDARD FOR PD TREATMENT
LEVODOPA + CAARBIDOPA`
HOW MANY YEARS DOES PARKINSONS MEDICATION PROVIDE GOOD SYMPTOM CONTROL FOR
4-6 YEARS
WHAT CAN LONG TERM USE OF LEVODOPA AND CARBIDOPA CAUSE
TARDINE DYSKINESIA - UNCONTROLLABLE MOVEMENTS OF JAW LIPS AND TONGUE
CAN LEVODOPA CROSS THE BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER
YES
WHAT DOES CARBIDOPA DO
PREVENTS THE DOPAMINE FROM BREAKING DOWN IN THE BODY