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These are 2 early signs of Parkinson’s disease



Parkinson’s is a chronic neurodegenerative disorder that is estimated to be the most common serious disease in 20 years. Unpublished British research has pinpointed 2 potentially early signs of this condition.

In 2040, this will be the most common serious illness. In less than 20 years the Parkinson’s disease will go from 7 million to 12 million people affected worldwide, estimates the Spanish Federation of Parkinson, a disorder neurodegenerative and chronic, which affects 160,000 Spaniards.

Tremor is one of most characteristic motor symptoms of this disease. However, there are others not linked to the movement, which can be even more disabling. These include depression, impulse control disorders, or cognitive problems.

Now a new study has identified 2 potentially early signs of Parkinson’s disease. This is the largest investigation in this regard carried out in the United Kingdom to date.

Researchers at Queen Mary University of London aimed to investigate pre-diagnosis manifestations in as diverse an urban population as possible.

The Early features of Parkinson’s disease have been described in studies based
in a population that overrepresents wealthy white groups, so they may not be generalizable to the rest, as the authors of the report published in JAMA Neurology.

For this case, the team used electronic primary health care records from more than a million people living in East London between 1990 and 2018 to investigate early signs of the disease and possible risk factors.

80% of the patients included in the study were from low-income households and up to 45% of the population in the area belonged to ethnic minorities.

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The analysis found that some symptoms closely associated with the condition, such as tremors and memory problems, can present up to 10 and 5 years before diagnosis, respectively.

Furthermore, the researchers also found 2 new signs of Parkinson’s disease, hearing loss and epilepsy, that until now have not been well described.

While previous research has hinted at the association, such as epilepsy being more prevalent in Parkinson’s patients than in the general population, more research is now needed to fully understand the relationship“, says Cristina Simonet, a neurologist and doctoral student at Queen Mary University London who participated in the study.

It is important for primary care physicians to be aware of these links and understand how early Parkinson’s symptoms can appear, so that patients can get a timely diagnosis and doctors can act early to help manage the disease“, Add.

Among other important findings, the hypertension and type 2 diabetes were associated with an increased risk of developing Parkinson’s disease in East London; A stronger association was also found between memory problems in this group than previously observed.

This article was published in Business Insider Spain by Cristina Fernández Esteban.

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