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How To Find a Parkinsons Movement Disorder Specialist Nearby Primary care providers, neurologists, physical or occupational therapists, mental health providers, and more can all be a part of the team One specialist that may be helpful to add to the lineup is a movement disorder specialist What is a movement disorder specialist?
Your Parkinsons Healthcare Team: Who Needs to be Involved? Some neurologists are also movement disorders specialists, having received additional training on diseases that affect physical movement, such as PD 4 Mental health professionals Many people with PD experience mood disorders, including depression and anxiety, as a result of their condition
My Story - parkinsonsdisease. net Read share patient stories experiences about people living with parkinson's disease Find out about how people live with parkinson's on a daily basis
Kirk Hall - ParkinsonsDisease. net Kirk was previously an advocate on ParkinsonsDisease net Kirk Hall was surprised, to put it mildly, when he was diagnosed by a movement disorder neurologist with Parkinson’s disease (PD) in 2008 He was diagnosed with essential tremor in 1991 and experienced other neurological symptoms in the early 90s, but had been assured multiple times in subsequent years by different neurologists (none
Know when to change your neurologist - ParkinsonsDisease. net I left his practice Then I researched different movement disorder neurologists as to their school attended, experience, and work experience and research articles they have written Best, Marc M , Advocate, parkinsonsdisease net I agree 100% with #1 being your best advocate #2 Doing your daily research through reputable medical journals #3
Why Is Parkinson’s Commonly Misdiagnosed? My dad saw 3 different neurologists, and they disagreed on his diagnosis when he first began seeing symptoms Misdiagnoses occur most frequently early in the disease because symptoms are just beginning to surface
I Have What? I Thought It Was. . . - parkinsonsdisease. net Yep, 3 neurologists and the same diagnosis 3 times Parkinson's disease! I was seeing 5 doctors for different conditions and diseases So many symptoms that might have had other causes It was confusing and a bit scary I wrote this hoping to possibly help some others to not have to go through all this confusion and delay in getting to the core
Parkinsons Disease – Frequently Asked Questions Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a chronic, neurodegenerative movement disorder People with PD commonly experience muscle rigidity, changes in speech and walking, and tremors Some studies suggest that having PD also increases your risk of developing LBD, but most patients have only one of these conditions
The Common Motor Symptoms of Parkinsons Disease What are the most common symptoms? There are 4 main motor symptoms of PD: 1 Tremor at rest, such as a slight tremor in the hands or feet Rigidity (stiffness) of limbs, neck, or shoulders Difficulty balancing (postural instability) Slowness of movement or gradual loss of spontaneous movement (bradykinesia) Parkinson’s can sometimes be confused with other movement disorders Doctors begin to