Parkinson’s Illness

Definition

Parkinson’s disease is a slow, intensifying disorder of the central nervous system for which there is no recognized cure and no known definite cause.

Symptoms

There are four major the signs of Parkinson’s illness: Slowness of motion, muscular rigidity, resting tremors, and a shuffling, unbalanced stroll and postural instability that progresses into uncontrollable small, running actions to keep from falling.

The very first sign of Parkinson’s disease is usually a minor tremor in a hand, arm, or leg. The tremor is most noticeable throughout rest. In most people with Parkinson’s illness, the tremor starts in one hand and resembles the motion one makes when trying to roll a pill between your fingers; therefore, it is known as “tablet-rolling tremor.” The jaw, tongue, forehead, and eyelids can also exhibit tremor. An additional early indication is a serious decrease in eye blinking. As Parkinson’s disease progresses, the body becomes firmer, weaker, and also the initial tremors may spread to both sides of the body, and create a shaking of the head, the mask-like expression on the face in which the eyes do not flash (known as a Parkinsonian cover up), and a permanent, rigid, curved-over posture. Speech becomes hard, slurred as well as slow. Depressive disorders and dementia can also occur as normal day to day activities become increasingly difficult to perform.

Cause

Although the cause is actually unknown, an imbalance of two brain chemicals, dopamine and acetylcholine, seem to be typical of Parkinson’s sufferers. A deficiency of dopamine in the brain can be due to fundamental nutritional deficiencies, cerebral vascular disease (blockage of blood vessels within brain), side effects of zero-psychotic drugs, carbon monoxide poisoning, misuse of certain designer drugs, and an uncommon infection.

Parkinson’s disease may be associated with a toxic buildup of heavy metals in your body, especially mercury from dental amalgams. To slow the actual progression associated with Parkinson’s amalgam fillings must be replaced, followed by a detoxification program.

Caution: Parkinson’s illness requires instant and ongoing professional medical attention.

Natural Cures

Be aware: Left untreated, over time (usually many years) Parkinson’s can lead to severe incapacitation. Treatment along with complicated drug combinations as well as mobility workouts can reduce the progression as well as severity of the condition.

Levodopa as well as Sinemet would be the two most commonly used drugs for treating Parkinson’s illness. Levodopa is ineffective if used with vitamin B6. (Sinemet does not have this problem.) Using supplement B6 on it’s own can be just as effective in some individuals in the initial stages from the disease.

Diet: Eat a natural, whole foods diet plan with uncooked foods (50% -75%), emphasizing dark green leafy vegetables, rutabagas, sprouts, sesame seeds, and sesame butter. Also, consume plenty of pure, filtered drinking water.

Those using the drug levodopa should prevent or reduce their intake of foods that are rich with vitamin B6 such as whole grains, oats, raw nut products (especially peanuts), bananas, potatoes, liver, and fish.

Herbs: Passionflower may enhance the positive effects of the medication L-dopa (levodopa), producing a higher reduction in tremor. The Ayurvedic herb Mucuna pruriens, an all natural form of levadopa, can also be helpful.

Nutritional Supplements: Assessment of an individuals amino acid intake is important. Seek advice from an orthomolecular doctor. Additional useful nutrition include GABA, calcium, as well as magnesium, vitamin B complex (taken away from Levodopa), lecithin ascorbic acid, vitamin E, evening primrose oil, multivitamin/mineral complicated, and DHEA (a anabolic steroid hormone made by the adrenal glands). The coenzyme nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NADH) (twenty five-50 mg for each) day administered intravenously has additionally been shown to make a beneficial impact in patients with Parkinson’s. Selenium is also recommended for its ability to detoxify mercury poisoning.

Optional Professional Treatment

If your symptoms persist despite taking the above steps, seek the help of a qualified medical expert. The following professional care therapies have all been shown to be useful for treating Parkinson’s Disease: Cellular Therapy (Stem Cell Therapy), Chelation Therapy (extremely important with regard to detoxifying through heavy metal poisoning), Craniofacial Treatment, Detoxification Therapy, Holistic Dentistry, Light Therapy, Permanent Magnetic Field Treatment, Natural Endocrine Replacement Therapy, Naturopathic Medicine, Orthomolecular Therapy, and Chinese Medicine. (See Glossary for descriptions of these alternative therapies.)