Parkinson’s disease affects around 145,000 people in the UK.
At first it mainly causes problems with movement. However, after a few years some people also start to have problems with thinking, memory and perception. These symptoms are mild at first, and for many people, they don’t get much worse. However, around a third of people with Parkinson’s eventually develop dementia.
The disease that causes Parkinson’s is very similar to the one that causes dementia with Lewy bodies. In fact, many scientists consider these two conditions to be the same disease but with different starting places in the brain.
In Parkinson’s dementia, the most common early symptom you might spot is problems with movement.
Over time, someone may experience more common dementia symptoms like problems with thinking, memory and perception.But for dementia with Lewy bodies, it’s typically the other way around. Symptoms vary and can change quickly from hour to hour.
However, most people have symptoms very similar to those of dementia with Lewy bodies. If you’re worried about Parkinson’s disease or dementia, speak to your GP, or give our Dementia Support Line a call on 0333 150 3456. #WorldParkinsonsDay
Life event that changes all: Horse riding accident in Zimbabwe in 1993, a fractured skull et al including bipolar anxiety, chronic fatigue …. co-morbidities (Nietzche 'He who has the reason why can deal with any how' details my health history from 1993 to date). 17th 2017 August operation for breast cancer (no indications just an appointment came from BreastCheck through the Post). Trinity College Dublin Business Economics and Social Studies (but no degree) 1997-2003; UCD 1997/1998 night classes) essays, projects, writings. Trinity Horizon Programme 1997/98 (Centre for Women Studies Trinity College Dublin/St. Patrick's Foundation (Professor McKeon) EU Horizon funded: research study of 15 women (I was one of this group and it became the cornerstone of my journey to now 2017) over 9 mth period diagnosed with depression and their reintegration into society, with special emphasis on work, arts, further education; Notes from time at Trinity Horizon Project 1997/98; Articles written for Irishhealth.com 2003/2004; St Patricks Foundation monthly lecture notes for a specific period in time; Selection of Poetry including poems written by people I know; Quotations 1998-2017; other writings mainly with theme of social justice under the heading Citizen Journalism Ireland. Letters written to friends about life in Zimbabwe; Family history including Michael Comyn KC, my grandfather, my grandmother's family, the O'Donnellan ffrench Blake-Forsters; Moral wrong: An acrimonious divorce but the real injustice was the Catholic Church granting an annulment – you can read it and make your own judgment, I have mine. Topics I have written about include annual Brain Awareness week, Mashonaland Irish Associataion in Zimbabwe, Suicide (a life sentence to those left behind); Nostalgia: Tara Hill, Co. Meath.
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