Focus Needed... Pain & PD

[Brightline <brightline@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

David:
    Thanks for sharing your experience.
    If we share our experiences like this, we probably should be able to get
a better handle on the various symptoms that might forewarn what is coming
next to haunt us like PD or anything for that matter.
    PD as far as I know  is still diagnozed by the common symptoms such as
tremor, micrographia (?) or small handwriting,
   dystonia, bradykinesia, postural instability etc.  These are probably the
symptoms that were used to recognize this disease originally by Dr.
Parkinson himself.
    Unfortunately, by the time one begins to show the physical symptoms, we
have lost about 70-80% of the dopaminergic neurons!  Once this has happenned
it is very difficult and time consuming to regain the dead neurons by the
neuroregeneratve process that is constanly going on in our body.  As the PD
progresses more and more neurons are dying not only because of PD but also
because of aging. This makes it tough on our body to regain the lost
neurons.  Therefore I think it is very important that we should be able to
recognize the disease early and help regeneration of the endogenous neuronal
stem cells, which will help retardthe progression of the disease.
    More on this later.
    Raj
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----- Original Message -----
From: "DAVID LEWIN" <lewin44@xxxxxxx>
To: <PARKINSN@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2004 8:24 AM
Subject: Re: Focus Needed... Pain & PD


> To add to the list, I too was first diagnosed with hypothyroidism.  The
> synthyroid greatly reduced my fatigue for a while.  But then I was
diagnosed
> with PD, and that shifted my focus.   We need to know more obviously about
> the autoimmune response.  David
>
>
> >From: Brightline <brightline@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >Reply-To: Parkinson's Information Exchange Network
> ><PARKINSN@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >To: PARKINSN@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >Subject: Re: Focus Needed... Pain & PD
> >Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2004 11:34:28 -0400
> >
> >My experience was slightly different.
> >I was diagnozed with hypothyroidism and started taking synthroid.  This
> >eliminated my fatigue for a while.  But, my pain took over my attention.
> >After a few years I was diagnozed with PD. As a hindsight, I now strongly
> >believe that if I had controlled my pain early enough, I would have
slowed
> >the prgression of PD.
> >Raj
> >*********
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Wendy Siegel" <wenwolf@xxxxxxx>
> >To: <PARKINSN@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >Sent: Wednesday, February 18, 2004 2:19 PM
> >Subject: Re: Focus Needed... Pain & PD
> >
> >
> > > I see some commonalities between your wife's experience and my
> > > husband's, things that may or may not be coincidence.
> > >
> > > You wrote:
> > >
> > > "Does anyone else have any information that draws any correlation
> > > between
> > > inflammation, autoimmune disorders and PD?  ...  The first is
> > > where the Thyroid is attacked by the autoimmune system eventually
> > > causing it
> > > to underperform."
> > >
> > > My husband has recently developed a goiter. That was what eventually
led
> > > me to diagnose his PD. After researching it and other symptoms on the
> > > web, I got the diagnoses down to hyperthyroidism or PD. The thyroid
> > > doctor said all was normal, that's when I knew it was PD. He said they
> > > don't know the cause of the goiter. Rich still has it, some days it is
> > > larger than other days. So far, we can't determine what affects it.
> > >
> > >
> > > You wrote:
> > > "A great side effect during the course of treatment was an almost
> > > total elimination of her asthma symptoms (reduction of inflammation in
> > > lungs).  Since we have stopped the steroids it seems she is now
> > > experiencing
> > > more pain."
> > >
> > > Rich had asthma as a child, and has in the past used steroids. He
hasn't
> > > had problems with asthma in years though.
> > >
> > > Wendy
> > >
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