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Parkinson’s vs. Parkinsonism

May 1, 2017 by FLI Health

Parkinson’s and Parkinsonism — symptoms that mimic Parkinson’s — stem from the same areas of the brain. These disorders both cause tremors, stiffness, and slowness of movement, however they have different causes and may be helped with different nutritional therapies. This is why it’s helpful to know the difference between the two. Parkinson’s is a disease that slowly destroys brain cells (for some people it happens quickly) in an area of the brain that produces the brain chemical dopamine. Symptoms worsen over the years and include resting tremors, stiffness, slowness, not blinking enough, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Functional Medicine, Functional Neurology, Lifestyle, Nutrition Tagged With: body, brain, degenerative, disease, dopamine, Parkinson's, Parkinsonism, support




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