Aan 14-02-97 4:33, in bericht <[log in to unmask]>,
Den Gen <[log in to unmask]> schreef:
> Hi,
> I have gotten 2 responses from people who came down with pd shortly after
> taking a thyroid test. Another from someone who said (I'm paraphrasing) that
> it would be more significant if the symptoms had occurred years after the
> test because pd takes so long to manifest itself. Maybe you're the one who
> took years!
Den Gen
The fact that in Parkinson's Disease a slow process of cell death in the
"substantia nigra" has gone the way to the total destruction quite a long time
is shown convincingly by post mortem examination. If a person who has recently
diagnosed with PD dies, the extent of the cell death can be examined. Besides,
at this moment it can be shown too in living patients by a Proton Emission Scan.
other response idea was that thyroid problems are a precursor
> to the disease. The big question is: why did my husband's test come back
> negative? He has no thyroid problems but now has pd. I'll keep you posted.
> Maybe you could research and find out how long ago your test was.
I did not intend to say thyroid problems are a precursor to the disease, but
that the first manifest symptoms of the disease happen to have some
resemblance with symptoms of a bad functioning thyroid. In other patients
the first manifest symptoms are in some respects the same as symptoms of
depression. Many PD's are first misdiagnosed as depressive and in the same
way a doctor seeing the symptoms may think something is amiss with the
thyroid. Unlike the diagnosis of depression the thyroid one can be
disproven.
When new and threatening things happen, it is naturaly to see a causal
relation between two consecutive happenings. If you feel you are right the
only thing that makes sense for you is do go on with your search. In fact no
one has the privilege of truth.
Ida Kamphuis 52\12
