I have heard of many patients being afraid to have procedures of any kind due to occurrence of psychosis and confusion reported by a number of Parkinson’s patients. This problem is not a myth unfortunately. Forty percent of Parkinson’s patients suffer psychosis commonly as disease advances which usually results in more hospitalizations, and increased proceduresContinue reading “Preventing and Treating Psychosis Post Anesthesia in PD: By Dr. De Leon”
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New Light On Parkinson’s! By Dr. De Leon
“We are ALL a little Broken…. last time I checked Broken crayons still color the same.” Trent Shelton I believe that we are all unique like the colors of my favorite coloring box of 152 Crayola Crayons; and even though Parkinson’s may strike each and everyone one of us differently we all share the same outer exteriorContinue reading “New Light On Parkinson’s! By Dr. De Leon”
Tips to dealing with Apathy : by Dr. De Leon
Tips to dealing with Apathy : by Dr. De Leon.
Wearing off it’s hard to do! By Dr. De Leon
Wearing off it’s hard to do! By Dr. De Leon.
Wearing off it’s hard to do! By Dr. De Leon
“He stopped loving me in the thick of my loving him. He was finished but I was not. I felt like I had been stopped in the middle of an orgasm.” ~ Stopped by Carmen R. Rutlen When I was practicing I used to have an intellectual grasp of the motor fluctuations ; yet neverContinue reading “Wearing off it’s hard to do! By Dr. De Leon”
Tips & Tricks: Traveling with Parkinson’s Disease – Part Deux: By Dr. De Leon
I love summer not just because my birthday highlights the beginning of the best season where the days are long and the possibilities seem endless. But, because I always seem to rejuvenate during this time of year. As I get ready for my first real trip of the summer after an exhausting year, it occursContinue reading “ Tips & Tricks: Traveling with Parkinson’s Disease – Part Deux: By Dr. De Leon”
Tips for Treating Swallowing Difficulties in Parkinson’s: By Dr. De Leon
Tips for Treating Swallowing Difficulties in Parkinson’s: By Dr. De Leon.
Tips for Treating Swallowing Difficulties in Parkinson’s: By Dr. De Leon
Most of us know that one of the hallmarks of PD is muscle rigidity. Since the muscles of mastication and deglutition (swallowing) which include tongue, palate, pharynx and esophagus can also become affected and stiff as the disease advances swallowing can become not just a challenge but a matter of life and death as timeContinue reading “Tips for Treating Swallowing Difficulties in Parkinson’s: By Dr. De Leon”
What is Parkinson’s Disease? By Dr. De Leon
It has been nearly two centuries since the name of a famous English surgeon by the name of James Parkinson was assigned to a chronic neurological condition affecting nearly 10 million people worldwide known as Parkinson’s disease (PD). For years Parkinson’s specialists have based their treatment of this progressive neurological disease on the clinical characteristicsContinue reading “What is Parkinson’s Disease? By Dr. De Leon”
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