Working with other noted specialists for the last 5 years, a diagnostic guideline was developed for Parkinsons, to be made available for Canadian doctors.
An essential part of treating Parkinson's is early detection, so that the right combination of medication, therapy and protocol is implemented, monitored and reassessed during the lifetime of the patient. Having a guideline that spells out those early signs, removes the hardest part of the equation for the medical community, the guessing game.
It can be a misunderstood disease unless you immerse yourself in the findings often found on-line on medical web sites or on Micheal J Fox Foundation web site. I can't tell you how many patients we came across in our journey with my Dad, who were misdiagnosed or not diagnosed at all, including my Dad's step-uncle.
For us, we learned that the trembling of the fingers and or hand, in a rythmic manner, was the dead giveaway. As was the freeze, mid-step often, that would hit Dad. Willing, wanting to take that next step, or lean, and having to wait until that message could be transposed from limb, to brain, to limb again. Patience came hand in hand with Parkinsons, for everyone involved.
It can be a misunderstood disease unless you immerse yourself in the findings often found on-line on medical web sites or on Micheal J Fox Foundation web site. I can't tell you how many patients we came across in our journey with my Dad, who were misdiagnosed or not diagnosed at all, including my Dad's step-uncle.
For us, we learned that the trembling of the fingers and or hand, in a rythmic manner, was the dead giveaway. As was the freeze, mid-step often, that would hit Dad. Willing, wanting to take that next step, or lean, and having to wait until that message could be transposed from limb, to brain, to limb again. Patience came hand in hand with Parkinsons, for everyone involved.
Please see the link below, for the announcement. Contact your family doctor if you suspect that you or a loved one may have this illness, and inform them if these new guidlines. Please don't wait. Time is of the essence.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2012/07/29/ottawa-parkinsons-guidelines-canada.html?cmp=rss
http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2012/07/29/ottawa-parkinsons-guidelines-canada.html?cmp=rss
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