What type of disorder is Parkinson's disease?

Answer 1

The Parkinson's disease is a slowly progressing chronic neurologic disorder diagnosed in the elderly people. It belongs to the degenerative disease type of the motor system which causes progressive death of the specific nervous cells.

Answer 2

The type and severity of symptoms experienced by a person with Parkinson's disease vary with each individual and the stage of Parkinson's disease. Symptoms that develop in the early stages of the disease in one person may not develop until later-or not at all-in another person.

Symptoms of Parkinson's disease typically begin appearing between the ages 50 and 60. They develop
slowly and often go unnoticed by family, friends, and even the person who has them.

A small number of people have symptoms on only one side of the body that never progress to the other side.

A person with Parkinson's disease may slowly become more dependent, fearful, indecisive, and passive
The person may talk less often than he or she used to, withdraw from family and friends, and remain inactive unless encouraged to move about. Depression is very common in people with this disease and can be caused by chemical changes in the brain or can be a reaction to having a disabling disease. Depression often improves with proper treatment.

UP to one-third of people with Parkinson's disease may develop dementia and confusion, similar to
Alzheimer's disease, late in the course of the disease. Depression can further contribute to memory loss
and confusion. Memory loss, hallucinations (seeing or hearing things that aren't really there), and vivid
dreams may sometimes be caused by drugs taken to treat Parkinson's disease.