At 02:48 PM 4/10/2003 +0100, you wrote:
>I am a male, Nigerian (West Africa) and 36years of age. I came across the
>site in my search for some appreciation of my predicament.  You will
>appreciate my position if you come to terms with the fact that medical
>research (and consequently, medicine) is not yet advanced in my part of the
>world and diagnosing PD in a young man may be asking for too much.
>
>I have been experiencing this strange symptoms (except the tremor), i.e,
>difficulty with movement, handwriting, slowness with initiating movement and
>especially poor balance and unstable working and have been enduring now for
>about 5 years largely for lack of the luxury of ideal medical care.  Just 4
>days ago, I was able to get a Physician to agree that I may be experiencing
>Parkinson's symptoms.  He is still conducting checks and tests (which are
>crude if you ask me) like x-ray, blood tests, urine and just yesterday ECG.
>I am yet to see him after the ECG.
>
>Now I am eager to see a neurologist and start some form of medication, but
>these experts are not easy to come by here and when you do, they are not in
>tune with latest developments.  It is a priviledge here to have internet
>access and our libraries contain very old stuff, etc, etc.  Somebody even
>told me that I may be more current than my Doctor and believe me, I am
>probing the net.  So much that I know within these few days that even though
>PD is not curable as yet, it could be managed.  I also gather that Levodopa
>is the PD drug.  When combined with Carbidopa (Sinemet), it reduces the long
>term side effects.
>
>I can afford the drugs but my Doctor seems to be taking his time and I am
>fast loosing my balance.  Please I need your advise.
>
>Thank you,
>
>The first thing I think of is that Parkinson's Disease is usually
>considered a white man's disease. thereare very few
people of color who have PD.
I would recommend that you see a neurologist who specializes  in movement
disorders. There are several in the US and in western Europe, especially in
Sweeten


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