The New Parkinson's Disease Handbook: The Essential Guide For
Sufferers And Carers

Product Description

Some people with Parkinson's Disease find they can't speak very well while others lose the ability to write or control a knife & fork. Some get treated like children while others are ignored. Many manage their disease for years & continue to live extremely fruitful & fulfilling lives. But it's always there, in the back of one's mind. How long will I keep this up? Over 120, 000 people in the UK have Parkinson's Disease, & this figure is rising. It can strike very early in life, as with the actor Michael J. Fox, or much later. It is a progressive, neurological disorder, treated mainly with drug therapy but also alleviated with physical therapy & diet. Although each person with Parkinson's is different, & the ability to perform movements may differ from one day to the next, Parkinson's has a dramatic effect on a person's quality of life & also affects those around the sufferers. This is a compassionate & helpful guide to the disease & its treatments. The good news is that Parkinson's can be controlled very effectively for many years with the right treatment & care. This definitive handbook means that you can ask all the right questions & to understand the disease so that the answer to the question above is, 'as long as possible'.