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Parkinson's Disease

Forms of Parkinson’s Disease

The different forms of Parkinson’s disease are:

Postencephalitic Parkinsonism:
A disabling neurological disorder which develops after suffering from acute encephalitis lethargica for many years. Viral infections such as western equine encephalomyelitis, eastern equine encephalomyelitis and Japanese B encephalitis are also rarely known to cause parkinsonian symptoms.

Drug-Induced Parkinsonism:
Usage of drugs such as chlorpromazine and haloperidol prescribed for treating psychiatric patients, metoclopramide used to treat stomach disorders and reserpine used to treat blood pressure can spawn symptoms of Parkinsonism.

Striatonigral Degeneration:
Patients suffering from striatonigral degeneration have greater muscular rigidity and PD progresses rapidly.

Arteriosclerotic Parkinsonism or Pseudoparkinsonism:
In Arteriosclerotic Parkinsonism, the patient suffers from multiple small strokes that could damage the blood vessels in the brain leading to development of dementia. Normal drugs used to treat Parkinsonism are ineffective.

Toxin and Chemical-Induced Parkinsonism:
Toxins and chemicals such as MPTP (1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,5,6-tetrahydropyridine), manganese dust, carbon disulfide and carbon monoxide can cause symptoms of parkinsonism (7).

Post-traumatic Parkinsonism also called Post-traumatic Encephalopathy and also called “Punch-Drunk Syndrome:"
Severe head injury or frequent head trauma due to boxing or other activities may lead to development of parkinsonian symptoms. This trauma could also lead to a dementia pugilistica (8).

Article by Kona Vishnu, MS
Medical Writer,
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