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Den... In a recent group discussion, Dr. Robert Iacono commented that his research indicates that those Parkies whose primary PD symptoms are "type B" Parkinson's --- the bradykenesic stiff-as-a-board-type-PD --- DID seem to get the disease because of some major shock to the system. He didn't rule out EMOTIONAL shock such as death of a spouse or surviving a hurricane or tornado, either. Barb Mallut [log in to unmask] ---------- From: Parkinson's Information Exchange on behalf of AJCWEP Sent: Monday, April 27, 1998 3:01 PM To: Multiple recipients of list PARKINSN Subject: PD and CO + causes Something occurred to me this morning and I'd like to share it. What if pd is caused by a major shock or trauma to the physical body. In reading and sharing with this list I've heard about flu shots, head injuries, CO, thyroid radiation testing, pesticide exposure, toxic substance exposure to name a few. They are all major shocks to the physical body. There seem to be differences in the severity of the disease and age of onset as well as response to the many drugs available. I wonder if there are groups of people with pd who have been exposed to different things that have similar severities of the disease i.e. those with head injuries preceding onset having similar types of pd. Then I wondered if stroke treatments (since that is certainly a major shock to the physical body) would have any effect on pd, particularly at the beginning stages of the disease. There are apparently some new techniques availabe in treating stroke victims if they get to their hospital in the first few hours. Does anyone know if any research in these areas is being done? Thanks for reading and I would love to hear your thoughts. Den