Dear KF,
I started with Parkinson's on my right side. I believe everybody with
this disease has a story to tell about how you slowly put two and two
together once an arm won't swing, a leg feels like a ball and chain, your
handwriting gets tiny (Micrographia) and the neurologist can tell when it's
starting on the opposite side sooner than you know just by looking at you.
They called it hemi-Parkinson's back in '92 when I was diagnosed. I'm going
to look for an answer for you in my PD library and ask two neurologists on
4/30 when I return for a
check-up in Philadelphia. I'm curious about this now. It must be that one
side gets depleted of dopamine before the other.
I'll let you now May 1st. Paula (49/diagnosed 37)
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From: "KF Etzold" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Monday, April 14, 2003 2:26 PM
Subject: One side is worse than the other, why?
> Fellow sufferers and CG's.
>
> I have seen comments by many PWP's that one side of their body is
affected
> worse than the other. This is certainly true for Carline, my wife and PWP.
> As an example her steps with the right foot are much smaller than with the
> left. I am puzzled by this, because Parkinsons is supposed to be due to
> lack of Dopamine which, because of the circulation of blood, has the same
> concentration whether it is on the left or the right side of the body.
>
> Therefore the question, why this asymmetry?
>
> K. F. cg Carline
>
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