Please wait.
loading...
Parkinson's disease (PD) is a degenerative disorder of the central nervous system mainly affecting the motor system. Early in the course of the disease, the most obvious symptoms are movement-related; these include shaking, rigidity, slowness of movement and difficulty with walking and gait. Later, thinking and behavioral problems may arise, with dementia commonly occurring in the advanced stag...
Please add the profiles of those with the diagnosis of Dementia.=====If the specific type is known, please add the person to that project.=== If there isn't a project for that diagnosis, please see: Cause of Death Projects needed??? === Dementia = a progressive mental deterioration due to organic disease of the brain.===* It is a broad category of brain diseases that cause a long term and often...
Creutzfeldt-Jakob (KROITS-felt YAH-kobe) disease (CJD) is a degenerative brain disorder that leads to dementia and, ultimately, death. Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease symptoms can be similar to those of other dementia-like brain disorders, such as Alzheimer's disease. But Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease usually progresses much more rapidly. It affects about one person in every one million per year worldwi...
Wernicke-Korsakoff Syndrome (WKS) Sometimes referred to as alcoholic encephalopathy, alcohol induced encephalopathy, alcohol related encephalopathy (AJR), alcohol related brain damage, or "wet brain" is a neurological disorder caused by the lack of thiamine (vitamin B1) deficiency. Wernicke encephalopathy (a type of delirium) being characterized by an acute/subacute confusional state and o...
Please do NOT add profiles to this project as it is an Umbrella Project. Add them to the specific disease or cause of death. See Links (in blue) & "Related Projects", if you do not see a project for a needed Memory Disorder cause of death, please go to the following discussion: Cause of Death Projects needed??? Memory disorders are disorders of cognition, the ability to reason, remember, make d...
Please do NOT add profiles to this project. Add them to the specific disease or cause of death.== See "Related Projects" or linked projects below. If a needed Neurological condition is not listed, please go to the following discussion: Cause of Death Projects needed??? Neurological disorders are diseases of the central and autonomic nervous systems -- brain, spine and the nerves that connect th...
Hypertension is abnormally high blood pressure in the arteries, which are the blood vessels that carry blood from the heart to the rest of the body. As the heart beats, it forces blood through the arteries to deliver nutrients and oxygen to the rest of the body. The strength of the blood pushing against the artery walls is blood pressure, which is measured in units called millimeters of mercury...