4 Early Signs of Parkinson’s Disease Discovered

Most of the time, Parkinson’s disease is diagnosed too late.

This is a big problem because the sooner you address it, the easier it is to stop it from progressing and the less damage it will cause.

A new study published in JAMA Neurology explains why this is so important.

Researchers discovered four easily identifiable early signs of Parkinson’s. In fact, you can check them on your own right now as you read this article.

Scientists from Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond examined the Medicare-linked data of 6,674 people above age 64 who participated in the National Health and Aging Trends Study.

They split the participants into two groups: those who were diagnosed with Parkinson’s twice between 2011 and 2017 and who had been on Medicare for two years before their diagnoses, and those who were never diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease and had been on Medicare for at least two years.

All the participants completed questionnaires regarding their dexterity, eating, mobility, mood, pain, sleep, speech, strength, and vision.

The researchers compared the responses of those who were later diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease with those who remained healthy.

This is what they found:

1. Those with later Parkinson’s were 66% less likely to report being able to walk six blocks.

2. They were 70% less likely to be able to get up on their own from a kneeling position.

3. They were 64% less likely to be able to lift a heavy object above their heads.

4. They were more than twice as likely to report imbalance.

Most interestingly, these impairments were present within three years of their official diagnoses.

The scientists warned that these people would not be diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease when visiting a doctor, even though they seem to have early signs of the disease.

They added that we should recognize this early stage of Parkinson’s disease so that treatment could begin immediately.

The good news is that thousands of readers have managed to stop their Parkinson’s disease from progressing using simple lifestyle changes explained here…