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frustration.... > Date: Fri, 4 May 2012 13:25:40 +0200 > From: [log in to unmask] > Subject: CAUSES OF SUDDEN WORSENING IN PARKINSON'S DISEASE > To: [log in to unmask] > > CAUSES OF SUDDEN WORSENING IN PARKINSON'S DISEASE > > Neurologist [2012] 18 (3) : 120-124 (K.S..Zheng, B.J.Dorfman, P.J.Christos, > N.R.Khadem, C.Henchcliffe, P. Piboolnurak, M.J.Nirenberg) Complete abstract > > Episodes of sudden and transient worsening of symptoms commonly occur in > Parkinson's Disease, especially when the Parkinson's Disease is more severe. A > quarter of people with Parkinson's Disease were found to be affected in this > way. Infection was the single most frequent cause, accounting for a quarter of > cases. Other common causes were anxiety, medication errors, poor adherence to > taking the required drugs, medication side effects, and postoperative decline. > Overall, over 80% of reasons were attributable to reversible or treatable > causes. > Most people who experienced a sudden worsening of symptoms recovered fully, > but a third of people experienced recurrent episodes. One in six people > suffered permanent decline. Those people most prone to sudden or transient > worsening were those who had Parkinson's Disease for nearly eight years or > more, had more severe symptoms, had greater use of dopaminergic drugs, and had > a greater prevalence of motor complications. > > www.viartis.net > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] > In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn