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Discovery :
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Causes of Parkinson’s disease

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Levodopa
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The operation: Deep Brain Stimulation
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Stephen was diagnosed with PD when he was 33. After several years when no medication proved successful this was redefined as Parkinsonism and he was offered the DBS operation, This was carried out in 2005 with very good results.

Nerves & brain >> Parkinson's disease >> Over 12 years >> Tom - Interview 06 >> Tom came out of the neurologist's waiting room to the horrific realisation that in time he would be like the people he had seen there. Before he went

Tom was 27 when he was diagnosed. His medication includes levodopa. He experiences ‘on’ and ‘off’ periods most days. During the on period he may also have dyskinesia. He set up the Cure Parkinson’s Trust.

Nerves & brain >> Parkinson's disease >> Carers >> Isabelle - Interview 42 >> Isabelle remembers how impressed she was by her mother’s reaction to her daughter’s illness.

Isabelle’s mother who had had PD for 12 years came to live with her in 2002. It was not always easy to care for her and for her own young children. After an admission to hospital they agreed to move her to a nearby nursing home. This has worked well for all of them.

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