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Parkinson disease (PD) is a - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔slowly progressive
neurodegenerative disease with an insidious onset of the cardinal features
of asymmetric resting tremor, bradykinesia, and rigidity, commonly with
postural changes
cardinal features of Parkinsons are - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔asymmetric resting
tremor,
bradykinesia, and
, rigidity, commonly with postural changes
Parkinsons is a result of - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔dopamine depletion which results
in increased inhibition of the thalamus and reduced excitatory input to the
motor cortex,
Resting tremor - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔is present at rest, i
s usually unilateral at first
characteristically disappears with action.
Rest tremor of the hands, described as - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔"pill rolling,"
increases with walking and may be an early sign when others are not yet
present
Another classic symptom of Parkinsons is rigidity. Rigidity is - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔an increased resistance to passive movement at a joint,
usually manifests with a ratcheting or "cogwheeling" during the movement.