Today, 17th January 2013 is Mohammad Ali’s seventy-second birthday. Mohammed Ali who is an American Former Boxer and Civil rights leader, was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease in 1984 which is caused by head trauma from activities such as boxing. It is said to believe that the Holmes fight, contributed majorly to the Parkinson’s syndrome.
Parkinson’s is most common in men; around the age of 60 but 1 in 20 cases develop around the age of 50 and on average 1 out of 500 people are affected by the disease. Parkinson’s is caused by a reduction in dopamine in the brain because it is vital job is to control movement in the body. The reduction in dopamine is caused when nerve cells die.
Parkinson’s is a progressive neurological disease, the main and first symptoms are physical which include shaking, muscle stiffness and movement becomes very slow. Other symptoms not related to movement would be difficulty swallowing, daytime tiredness and depression. There is currently not any treatment, but there is medication such as Levodopa which relieves these symptoms.
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