Information Please:
1. I read that Parkinson's Disease is "the fourth most common
neurological disease of the elderly". Can anyone tell me what
the first three are?
2. "Hyperexcitable reflex blinks are a cardinal sign of Parkinson's
disease." I never heard of that before! Reflex blinks have
nothing to do with the low blink rate frequently mentioned in
books about PD. Instead they are reaction to a threatened blow,
first identified as "reflex" by the philosopher Descartes. How
can "hyperexcitability" be observed, and why isn't it a standard
part of the neurologist's diagnostic repertoire?
To all who may be disappointed by My fallibility, My apologies. To
anyone who can furnish answers to these questions, My thanks.
Cheers,
Joe
J. R. Bruman (818) 789-3694
I3527 Cody Road
Sherman Oaks CA 91403
A hyperexcitability of all relexes is a diagnostic sign for cerebral damage.
I was totally convinced that I had a real disease in cerebro (this is Latin to
show those English anti-EEG people on their island that on the European
continent Latin is teached too, sed nunc non est his locus.)when my kneereflex
gave two responses after only one pat. Absent reflexes show damage in the spine
exists
Ida Kamphuis,
Holland
