James Parkinson first discovered Parkinson"s Disease in 1817. Parkinson"s Disease is a common neurologic disorder for the elderly. It is a disorder of the brain characterized by shaking and difficulty with walking, movement, and coordination. This disease is associated with damage to a part of the brain that controls muscle movement. Parkinson"s Disease is a chronic illness that is still being extensively studied. Parkinson"s Disease has caused problems for many people in this world and plagued the elderly all over the world. Parkinson"s disease still puzzles doctors and the causes are unknown. It is known that it is a non-communicable...
of the world. This disease attacks every part of a person"s mental, physical, and social health. Mentally it can lead to complete deterioration of the brain so that the effected person cannot talk or even carryout daily activities. Socially, one of the symptoms is inability to talk so obviously the effected one cannot have very goods social health. Physically Parkinson"s Disease can lead to complete disability or even death. IT is terrible to think that we know so little about such a devastating disease, hopefully new advances will be made to help improve the welfare of the infected people.