Re: Focus Needed... Pain & PD

[Shirley Lund <fisherlady@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

i just read several entries that folks were diagnosed with hypothyroidism
around the time they were diagnosed with pd.  so was i...this must be
common?  shirley
----- Original Message -----
From: "Brightline" <brightline@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <PARKINSN@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2004 9:42 AM
Subject: Focus Needed... Pain & PD


> 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
> ************
> ----- 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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