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G'morning at ya all from Los Angeles.... Interesting topic, People... I'd recently been mulling over the fact that the heart is a muscle (getting in over my head on this one) and our muscles can be (or is that "eventually" or "always?") affected by the disease. Does anyone KNOW if the heart CAN be affected by PD? Barb Mallut [log in to unmask] -----Original Message----- From: Ivan M Suzman <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> Date: Tuesday, June 08, 1999 5:39 AM Subject: Re: vascular parkinsonism >Good morning, List - > > >I can't be sure, Heidi, but I would imagine that this term, "vascular >parkinsonism," may refer to the speed and the control which the smooth >muscle fibres in >the walls of the blood vessels have, to contract to propel blood through >them. If the propulsion of the blood is "slowed down," or if the >contractions of the walls of the blood >vessels are "dystonic" or irregular, then the muscle fibres may appear to >be behaving >similarly to those visible muscles (like your biceps) under voluntary >control. > >This is just a subjective guess. Not an authoritative answer. > >The whole question of SMOOTH, INVOLUNTARY muscle fibres INSIDE our >bodies displaying PD-like characteristics, or "parkinsonism," has not >been dwelled >upon by us on the List. But as PD advances, the slowing down affects > > -emptying the bladder > > -emptying the bowels > > -swallowing > > -blinking of the eyes > > -contraction of the iris around the pupil (of the eyes) > > -flexing of the eardrum to accommodate to sounds; > >and these are just a few examples. All of these structures are affected >by >vascular parkinsonism, if I have guessed well at what it is. And of >course, >it would seem reasonable to assume that those of us with advancing >Parkinson's Disease do indeed have true vascular problems that are >associated with PD. > >Enough of my thoughts on the topic for now. > >Hope this helps. I wonder what others think about the whole >subject of the hidden, unseen effects of PD on our blood vessels. > >Ivan :-) > - > >On Mon, 7 Jun 1999 18:09:19 +0000 Mary Legan <[log in to unmask]> writes: >>I saw the term "vascular parkinsonism" recently. The archives >>brought >>up only one post in which that term was used, but not explained. >>Does >>anyone know what this is? I'm wondering if this could be important >>to >>those with various vascular diseases, including myself. >> >>Heidi > >^^^^^^ WARM GREETINGS FROM ^^^^^^^^^^^^ :-) > Ivan Suzman 49/39/36 [log in to unmask] :-) > Portland, Maine land of lighthouses 77 deg. F :-) >***************************************************************** *** >