PARKINSONS

Question 1

WHAT PART OF THE BRAIN IS DAMAGED WHEN IT COMES TO PARKINSONS

Answer 1

BASAL GANGLIA - SUBSTANTIA NIGRA

Question 2

WHAT AGE GROUP IS MOST COMMONLY AFFECTED BY PARKINSONS

Answer 2

65+

Question 3

WHAT IS THE ETIOLOGY OF PARKINSONS

Answer 3

IDIOPATHIC DEGENERATION OF DOPAMINE PRODUCING SUBSTANUA NIGRA, RESULTING IN REDUCED DOPAMINE PRODUCTION

Question 4

WHAT ARE SOME MOTOR MANIFESTATIONS OF PARKINSONS

Answer 4

AKINESIA, BRADYKINESIA, RIGIDITY, RESTING TREMMOR, FREEZING PHENOMENON, EASILY FATIGUED, DECREASED MUSCLE POWER

Question 5

WHAT ARE NON MOTOR MANIFESTATIONS OF PARKINSONS

Answer 5

CONSTIPATION
SLEEP DISORDERS
ANOSMIA
ED
APATHY
DEPRESSION AND ANXIETY
DEMENTIA

Question 7

WHAT IS STAGE 1 OF PARKINSONS PROGRESSION

Answer 7

MILD UNILATERAL SYMPTOMS WHICH DOTN INTERFERE WITH QUALITY OF LIFE

Question 8

WHAT IS STAGE 2 OF PARKINSONS DISEASE PROGRESSION

Answer 8

SYMPTOMS WORSEN AND BECOME BILATERAL

Question 8

WHAT IS STAGE 3 OF PARKINSONS

Answer 8

LOSS OF BALANCE, SLOW MOVEMENTS, FALLS ARE COMMON

Question 10

WHAT IS STAGE 4 OF PARKINSONS

Answer 10

SYMPTOMS ARE SEVERE, ASSISTANCE FOR WALKING AND EVERYDAY ACTIVITIES

Question 11

WHAT IS STAGE 5 OF PARKINSONS

Answer 11

UNABLE TO WALK AND NEEDS FULLTIME ASSISTANCE

Question 12

WHAT MUST BE EXCLUDED BEFORE PARKINSONS CAN BE DX

Answer 12

ALSHEIMERS, CARDIOEMBOLIC STROKE
NEUROLOGICAL MANIFESTATIONS OF VASCULAR DEMENTIA

Question 13

WHAT IS THE GOLD STANDARD FOR PD TREATMENT

Answer 13

LEVODOPA + CAARBIDOPA`

Question 14

HOW MANY YEARS DOES PARKINSONS MEDICATION PROVIDE GOOD SYMPTOM CONTROL FOR

Answer 14

4-6 YEARS

Question 15

WHAT CAN LONG TERM USE OF LEVODOPA AND CARBIDOPA CAUSE

Answer 15

TARDINE DYSKINESIA - UNCONTROLLABLE MOVEMENTS OF JAW LIPS AND TONGUE

Question 16

CAN LEVODOPA CROSS THE BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER

Answer 16

YES

Question 17

WHAT DOES CARBIDOPA DO

Answer 17

PREVENTS THE DOPAMINE FROM BREAKING DOWN IN THE BODY