One of the most unsolved and difficult of the neurological disorders may be ‘Parkinson’s disease’.Its reason remains a mystery but research in this area is active, with new and intriguing findings constantly being reported.
In 1817 by James Parkinson Parkinson’s disease was first described, a British physician who published a paper on what he called “the shaking palsy.”, He set forth the major symptoms of the disease that would afterward bear his name in this paper., Scientists pursued the causes and treatment of the disease for the next century and a half. They defined its range of symptoms, distribution among the population, and prospects for cure. Researchers identified a fundamental brain defect that is a hallmark of the disease in the early 1960s,: the loss of brain cells that produce a chemical — dopamine — that helps direct muscle activity. This discovery pointed to the first successful treatment for Parkinson’s disease and suggested ways of devising new and even more effective therapies.
For Parkinson’s disease society pays an huge price., Each patient spends an average of $2,500 a year for medications according to the National Parkinson Foundation. After factoring in office visits, Social Security payments, nursing home expenditures, and lost income, $5.6 billion annually is the total cost to the Nation is estimated to exceed.
