At 17:01 2/28/97 -0500, Donovan White wrote:
>My mother (67, diagnosed less than one month ago with PD; cannot use hand,
>but no tremor, really; lost use of toes after breaking an ankle; slower
>speech; off balance) is now up to 25/100 plus 1/2 tablet 3x/day and it
>isn't doing anything. When she called her neuro about this and to say that
>she was feeling a bit more off balance the other day, the neuro said that
>the off balance wasn't from PD.
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>This seems wrong to me; isn't off balance a symptom? I am afraid that she
>has something other than (worse than) PD (is this possibly what he could
>mean??)
>
>Thanks for any insight. Debbie White
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Debbie,
Balance is a symptom of PD, or at least the atypical PD where balance and
gait are the main problems. She may have an atypical PD, more specificly
one of the parkinson+ syndromes. There are three signs that one should look
for that indicate the possibility of atypical parkinsonism :
1. little or no tremor
2. no resposne from Sinemet
3. the first and still the main symptom is a gait and balance problem
Sorry that this is several days late. Best wishes on your quest to find
answers.
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