PD Flashcards

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What is parkinson’s disease

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Parkinson’s disease is a Motor neurone disease (MND) it attacks your nerves witch is not fatal but can cause you to be parilised.

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Can PD change your social behaviour.

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yes but in mild amounts but be paralyzed can leave you angry with the world so you might become more irritable.

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why can PD be described as a neurological disorder.

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because PD effects the nervous system.

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why can PD be described as a neurological degenerative disorder.

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because it slowly gets worse and it effects the nervous system.

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why can PD be described as a idiopathic disorder.

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Because we don’t know what causes it.

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What are two treatments of PD

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stimulation of the substantia and the medication of Levodopa. both of these treatment work for 5-10 years and can have side effects worse the the disease.

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did you do enough for this topic.

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yes there is all the information needed and I put in the right amount of effort.

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