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2. Types of Parkinson's and How They're Diagnosed - Healthline

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   A doctor trained in neurogenerative conditions diagnoses Parkinson’s based on your symptoms, medical history, and results from a physical and neurological test. No single test can diagnosis ...

3. Unified Parkinson's disease rating scale - Wikipedia

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   The unified Parkinson's disease rating scale (UPDRS) is used to follow the longitudinal course of Parkinson's disease. The UPD rating scale is the most commonly used scale in the clinical study of Parkinson's disease. [1] The UPDRS is made up of these sections: [2] Part I: evaluation of mentation, behavior, and mood

4. Parkinson's MRI: Diagnosing Early Onset Through Brain Imaging

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   MRIs can help detect early onset Parkinson’s before any symptoms appear. MRIs can spot damaged brain neurons that can indicate Parkinson’s and help predict the severity of future symptoms ...

5. Early Onset Parkinson’s Disease - Healthline

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   The condition is caused by a loss of cells in the area of the brain that produces dopamine. It’s usually diagnosed in people who are in their early 60s. People who are diagnosed before age 50 ...

6. Parkinson's disease - Wikipedia

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   James Parkinson. Parkinson's disease (PD), or simply Parkinson's, is a neurodegenerative disease of mainly the central nervous system that affects both the motor and non-motor systems of the body. The symptoms usually emerge slowly, and, as the disease progresses, non-motor symptoms become more common. Usual symptoms include tremors, slowness ...

7. Hoehn and Yahr scale - Wikipedia

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   Hoehn and Yahr scale. The Hoehn and Yahr scale is a commonly used system for describing how the symptoms of Parkinson's disease progress. It was originally published in 1967 in the journal Neurology by Margaret Hoehn and Melvin Yahr and included stages 1 through 5. [1] Since then, a modified Hoehn and Yahr scale was proposed with the addition ...

8. What Are Parkinson’s Plus Syndromes? - WebMD

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   Symptoms can include things like fainting, losing control of your bladder, and constipation. It also causes more typical Parkinson’s symptoms, like shaking, stiffness, and problems with balance ...

9. Areas of the Brain Affected by Parkinson's Disease - Healthline

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   Parkinson’s disease is a neurological disorder that gets progressively worse over time. The condition is caused by the destruction of nerve cells in an area of the brain that controls movement ...