Why People Could Get Parkinson’s Diseases? - Parkinson’s Diseases 1

A Parkinson’s Diseases patient (Michael J Fox Foundation)

It is estimated that around 1 million people got Parkinson’s diseases in the USA. The number increase around 60 thousand people per year.

The diseases is disturbance of physical movement due to nervous system disorder. The simple signs could be:

- tremor of hands (first tremor at one hand)

- difficult to physical movement

- no expression of face

- soft speak

In many cases, patient with Parkinson's diseases getting worse over time, even quicker if no medication at all.

A Parkinson diseases face (The Michael J. Fox Foundation).

No cure, and neither the exactly cause known. However, there is relationship between age and Parkinson’s diseases.

The older got more diseases than younger ones. Not surprising that Parkinson’s diseases is second place after aging relate diseases, Alzheimer's.

The second diseases after Alzheimer’s in term of total patient number and rate of diagnosed people per year.

Thus, both Parkinson’s and Alzheimer's have the same biggest risk factor for diseases development that is “aging.”

The question then Why people could get Parkinson’s diseases? The answer may be:

1. People getting old. Older ages vulnerable to the diseases.

2. Aging causes neuron dies which has function to control movement.

Very sad that around 26 cases in 100,000 population are diagnosed per year in the last 3 decades.

Since life expectancy is longer than previous decades, it is common to find Parkinson’s diseases in a population in industry countries in recent years.