Parkinsonism

How To Use Parkinsonism In A Sentence

• In 1944, I used to treat my Parkinsonism patients with tincture of stramonium (from jimsonweed) which was the only drug that we had.
• Drugs used in the treatment of Parkinsonism like Amantadine may help your symptoms.
• As in many of her stories, there is a sickly mother in ‘Meneseteung,’ and we know that Munro as a high-school girl had to do all the housekeeping at home because her mother had Parkinsonism as a result of encephalitis.
• At the medical-pharmaceutical-political blog Black Triangle this entry, Incurable tyrants, mentions an interesting historical diagnosis: that Adolf Hitler suffered from the long-term effects of encephalitis lethargica (aka 'sleepy sickness' or von Economo's encephalitis), whose delayed sequel was a severe syndrome of parkinsonism, memorably featured in the Oliver Sacks book and film Awakenings. Archive 2004-07-01
• In Parkinsonism it's my understanding that in most cases you may already have lost 85% of your cells before any symptoms become obvious, so you're working with a very compromised system already.
• She adds, ‘For neurologists Parkinsonism is all in the brain; for people with Parkinsonism it is mostly below the neck.’
• Side effects included dystonic reactions, acute dyskinesia, Parkinsonism, akathisia, and autonomic and cardiovascular symptoms.
• The [D.sub.2] blockade in the nigrostriatal pathway causes extrapyramidal symptoms, which include drug-induced parkinsonism, akathisia, acute dystonia, and tardive dyskinesia.
• Weight loss despite adequate calories suggests an overactive thyroid (a blood test is necessary), Parkinsonism, diabetes, or a hyperactive Alzheimer pacer.
• A group of chemicals in apples could protect the brain from the type of damage that triggers such neurodegenerative diseases as Alzheimer's and Parkinsonism, according to two new studies from Cornell University food scientists.