'Parkinson's Largely Is a Preventable Disease'
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I have Parkinson’s Disease and am the first in my family to have it. |
Anonymous
| How do you explain millions of people who work with these same chemicals and yet never develop Parkinson's? |
Anonymous
Look for “swiss water decaffeinated” on the label. That prices uses only CO2 bubbles to get the caffeine molecule out of the bean before roasting. |
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My father died of Parkinsons and other complications brought on by immobility. He grew up near factories in Tacoma, WA. I visited every other summer as a child and remember the smell. I always wondered if that had something to do with it. I think he could've managed it better if he had some kind of physical activity, but he was pretty sedentary.
I have a student w Parkinsons in my fitness class, older than my dad, and he really pushes himself to stay active. I only wish my Dad had had that kind of internal motivation to move. He might still be here. |
Anonymous
You don’t appear to be a demanding person…really? |
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To the previous pp - I agree that physical activity seems to help, at least in some cases. One of my family members has parkinsons. He's always been a very good athlete and played team sports into his 60s (pre diagnosis) and is still working very hard to keep active now, even though he's now in his late 70s - takes classes at the gym (not sure if they're parkinsons specific or not), plus lots of walks with his family. It seems like that's helping him slow down the progression of the disease. It's been 7-8 years since he was diagnosed and while he's definitely slowed down, he's still able to get around fairly well.
It's a tough disease, and it seems like there are various forms and causes. I'm hopeful that we're making progress in preventing and treating it. |
Anonymous
Too bad Trump is gutting the EPA. Companies will release more toxic chemicals into the environment, and we will all die sooner than we should have. |
Anonymous
They should all get what they give. |
Anonymous
I don't drink it because I don't like it. So I won't be starting to drink coffee. |
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According to the article, a small percentage are for sure, but also within a family you tend to be exposed to the same environment, so some cases that may appear to be genetic are environmental. |
Anonymous
Same for my dad, who passed away last year at age 80 with it. He was dx in his 60's. Dad did not drink, smoke or do any illegal drugs (I really think he would have lived to 100 without it!). He was in the military for 4 years in the early 60's. I will always wonder what caused it. A genetic fluke? Something from the air force? I'll never know. I do worry about me and my brother (if a finger twitches I get all nervous) but we show no symptoms now in our 50's. |
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PP again-meant to also say, I don't really know what Dad could have done to prevent it? Like I said, he didn't smoke/drink/drug, he kept a healthy weight, and was relatively active, even playing league ice hockey until age 50. No one else in the family-not his siblings, cousins no one else, has it.
Parkinsons is awful, it was so hard and awful for him. He was so healthy otherwise that he live all the way to the end of stage 5-the very worst of it. |
Anonymous
Do you alway make things about yourself? |
Anonymous
I’m so sorry for your loss. I really don’t know why I have it and am just trying to get through each day. |
Anonymous
No, just sometimes. Seems totally normal to hear a horrible disease is preventable, see what prevents it and then double-check that you're understanding what you've read and whether it applies to you. |