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How Many People With PD Also Have Family Members With PD?

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Tampa, FL
May 16, 2016
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A MyParkinsonsTeam Member

My brother had Parkinson's and just passed away last month, he had it for at least 10 years or so. I have had it for 5 already, I think my mother may have had it but wouldn't be tested for anything, she was so shakey she could not sign checks for the last several years of her life, I had to take it over. Some cousins have PD also.

June 2, 2016
A MyParkinsonsTeam Member

my mother had Parkinson

June 1, 2016
A MyParkinsonsTeam Member

This is the question I have been waiting to find! Granddad had "creeping paralysis" which I finally read is PD, he died in his 70's pampered to death by Grandma! What reeeellly concerns me is our 4 children. They all have tremors but could be Essential tremors from their dad's family. But I "suspect" him to also have PD: where does that leave our children? One has lessened ability to smell, anxiety is high on the list, memory is a real problem with one and ALSO her 8 yr old!; stability, pain - I am VERY concerned, some days bordering on worry.

May 28, 2016
A MyParkinsonsTeam Member

My mother had PD along with 3 sisters and 1 brother as well as numerous cousins. I also have 2 cousins with PD

May 18, 2016
A MyParkinsonsTeam Member

My father had PD and lived to be 73.

May 17, 2016

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