Who Is Likely To Contract Parkinson’s Disease?
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Many people wonder if it is possible to predict the probability of developing Parkinson’s disease? They want to know if they are likely to contract the disease? Like most diseases there are some risk factors for Parkinson’s disease. The risk factors include age, gender, family history, ethnicity and location, and also smoking habit.
The disease affects individuals all over the world.
The average age of diagnosis is 55. As we age our chance of being diagnosed with Parkinson’s increases. Although there is a 10% probability of contracting Parkinson’s below age 40. If you have a close relation that develops Parkinson’s before the age of 50 your have an increased risk for developing Parkinson’s disease yourself.
There is one study that showed that men who had Parkinson’s disease progressed through the disease at a faster rate then women did. This fact could be because men are less likely to respond to treatment. The symptom that appears more often in women with Parkinson’s is gait disturbance, and for men the most common symptom is rigidity and tremor.
European-Americans have a higher risk of developing Parkinson’s disease than Africans and Asian Americans. Individuals who live in rural areas have an increased risk of developing Parkinson’s disease over those who live in cities, especially those who live in rural areas and drink well water. Agricultural workers […]
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