Alzheimers and Parkinsons Diseases

Alzheimers Disease:

It is a neurodegenerative disease that generally starts slowly and gently worsens over time. It is the main cause  of dementia. The most common early symptom is struggling  in remembering recent events.As the disease progress, symptoms can include problems with language, disorientation (including easily getting lost), mood swings, loss of motivation, self-neglect, and behavioural issues.Late onset.

• Early onset.
• Familial.

Parkinsons Disease:

It is a long-term degenerative disorder of the central nervous system that mostly affects the motor system. The symptoms usually appear slowly and, as the disease worsens, non-motor symptoms become more common.The most obvious early symptoms are tremor, rigidity, slowness of movement, and difficulty with walking.

• Multiple System Atrophy (MSA)
• Progressive Supranuclear Palsy (PSP)
• Corticobasal Syndrome (CBS)
• Dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB)
• Drug-induced Parkinsonism.
• Vascular Parkinsonism (VP)