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From: "WILL JOHNSTON" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Sunday, August 04, 2002 12:03 PM
Subject: ALTERNATE DIAGNOSIS? ANY IDEAS?
> There is a young onset PD man in our support group who has had PD for
about
> 10 years for sure, probably longer (current age 51).
>
> He has been taking Sinemet for years, and it has usually been effective.
He
> has taken various agonists in past years, and they produced undesired
> side-effects. He had a palidotomy about 5 years ago which produced
favorable
> results for about 3 1/2 years.
>
> About a year ago he took a considerable turn for the worse:
>
> He was also taking Tasmar [and getting liver function tests from time to
> time which were uniformly negative for problems] when,
> over a period of about two weeks he gradually lost his ability to stand
> alone or walk. The fingers on one hand curled in, and the fingers will
not
> extend out even with considerable force. The changes seemed much too fast
> for PD, but much too slow for a stroke. He is still mentally sharp. When
I
> helped take him for an MRI [no problems seen in MRI pictures], his arms
and
> hands were yellow. [For those who can remember when oleomargerine was
white
> and came with a yellow-orange dye packet: The color was just like the dye
> when the margerine was partly pale yellow and partly orangey - the orangey
> color.] I immediately thought juandice, but his eyes were very clear and
the
> eyeballs were very white. {This symptom disappeared in a very few days.}.
>
> There are deer and ticks in his yard. I thought Lyme disease. Lyme
disease
> is seen frequently in our area. I understand he was tested for Lyme and
> test was negative. The MD's are stumped? Any ideas?
>
> Will J.
>
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