Hello, peeps of the interwebs. My name is Nate, and this is Med Ed. Today, from request from my sweet, old gram gram, I will be tackling Parkinson's Disease. A disease that affects tons of new people each year. Without further a dooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo... Parkinson's disease.
Parkinson's Disease is a progressive disorder of the nervous system that affects your movement. It can usually be identified by tremors, but it also causes slowing of movement and stiffness. It starts with a few, almost unnoticeable symptoms and gradually increases in severity overtime. Right now, it can't be cured, but there are pills and such to improve symptoms. You can also get surgery to help symptoms.
Getting Parkinson's disease can happen in variety of ways. You can get it from your genetic make up, but it's quite uncommon. If you're exposed to certain environmental factors, it may increase your chances of getting Parkinson's. All in all, though, scientists are still doing research to find out why exactly Parkinson's disease affects so many people each year (about 3 million). It also seems that more men get the disease than women do.
Well, everybody, that's it. Now, it's time for an update. Since I began writing this blog, it's really improved my knowledge of the wildly unknown world of medical science. It's been great seeing the views grow so quickly. Quite the life changing thing. Alas, the end of the school year is coming up. I only have a few more posts before Med Ed becmes less of a regular thing. With all that out of the way, I will see you guys on the next installment on the beautiful journey that it my knowledge. Bye.
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