Parkinson’s disease

Case study A 67-year-old man presents to the HCP with chief complaint of tremors in his arms. He also has noticed some tremors in his leg as well. The patient is accompanied by his son, who says that his father has become “stiff” and it takes him much longer to...

Parkinson’s Disease

    As the average life span increases, the likelihood of developing a chronic disease increases as well. This assignment focuses on Parkinson’s Disease (PD), which is a neurodegenerative disease. Neurodegenerative disease causes dysfunction and death of...

Parkinson’s Disease

Scenario: A 64-year-old woman is brought to her primary care provider’s office because her husband has noticed that she has not been active during the past few months, and that she “seems depressed.” She tells the nurse that her mother died from Parkinson’s disease,...

Parkinson’s disease

Mr Patrick Drew is a 74 year old man (UR number 452342). He was referred by his GP to the neurology team for investigation and management of his Parkinson’s disease, dysphagia and falls Signs and symptoms On assessment he demonstrated bradykinesia, gaze...