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I was rushed to the hospital for what appeared to be a stroke. My husband was the one to figure out it was my Parkinson's. Him and 1 lone paramedic. Don't get me wrong, a stroke is Serious!!! KNOW the SIGNS !!! However the level of knowledge in the medical field is sadly lacking. From the importance of medication timing and or medication available. We don't all have a masked face, we don't all have a pronounced tremor, we are all not older men.
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There needs to be real-time education of local hospitals and doctors. I'll even volunteer 🙋‍♀️
to start! The medical community needs to have some knowledge beyond, I know Michael J. Fox has it doesn't he??. ( God bless him for all his work) . We need a basic understanding especially in a hospital setting. We could also use a little public information. That can also help with diagnosis. Had i seen a commercial that said Parkinson's isn't only the tremor you saw on your mother's uncle. It's not just a tremor!
Our director of rocksteady boxing teaches a class at UAH University of Alabama Huntsville which has a lot of nursing classes and they come to our classes at boxing the older generation was never taught about pd
Parkinson’s caused by a stroke is vascular Parkinson’s.
The idea of teaching the public about PD has been on the top of my list for some time! I don’t know why we couldn’t have some PSA’s about Parkinson’s that run at times people would actually see them. It’s been done with other diseases like breast cancer, or mental health issues, so why not P.D.???
I know strokes can cause Parkinson's symptoms (Vascular Parkinson's). I didn't think the reverse was true.
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