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The new Parkinson's disease treatment book : partnering with your doctor to get the most from your medications /
The fundamental guide to the most effective treatments for Parkinson's Disease, from a Mayo Clinic doctor with thirty years of clinical and research experience. In this second edition follow-up to the extremely successful first edition, Dr. Ahlskog draws on thirty years of clinical experience t...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
[2015]
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| Edición: | Second edition. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Series; The New Parkinson's Disease Treatment Book; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; 1. Background; 2. A Primer on the Brain; 3. Parkinson's Disease: Changes in the Brain and Beyond; 4. How Do I Know If I Have Parkinson's Disease?; 5. Prognosis; 6. Conditions Mistaken for Parkinson's Disease; 7. Testing; 8. Clues to the Cause(s): Genes, Environment; 9. Are There Drugs or Strategies to Slow Parkinson's Disease Progression?; 10. Medications for Movement Problems (Gait, Tremor, Slowness): Background and Rationale.
- 11. Starting Medical Treatment of Parkinson's Disease Movement Problems12. Starting Levodopa Treatment; 13. Starting Dopamine Agonist Treatment; 14. Refractory Tremor Syndromes: "Medications Don't Help My Tremor!"; 15. The First Few Years on Carbidopa/Levodopa Treatment; 16. The Early Years of Parkinson's Disease If Started on Other Drugs; 17. Later Developing Movement Problems: Motor Fluctuations and Dyskinesias Treated with Levodopa Adjustments; 18. Supplemental Drugs for Motor Fluctuations and Dyskinesias; 19. Subjective Parkinson's Disease Symptoms Due to Dopamine Deficiency.
- 20. Sleep Problems: Insomnia, Daytime Sleepiness, and Nighttime Disruptions21. Orthostatic Hypotension and Other Causes of Dizziness: Different Types and Different Treatments; 22. Depression; 23. Thinking, Memory, and Dementia; 24. Hallucinations, Paranoia, Delusions, and Problematic Compulsive Behaviors; 25. Problems with Swallowing, Saliva, and Speaking; 26. Managing Digestive Problems and Constipation; 27. Urinary Symptoms; 28. Sexual Dysfunction, Estrogen, and Menstrual Cycles; 29. Other Treatment Problems: Swelling, Skin Rashes, and Visual Symptoms.
- 30. Diets, Vitamins, Nutrition, Osteoporosis31. Exercise, Physical Medicine, and Physical Therapy; 32. Family, Friends, the Workplace, and Caregivers; 33. Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) and Other Brain Surgery for Parkinson's Disease; 34. Experimental Treatments: Fetal and Stem Cell Implantation, Neurotrophic Hormone and Gene Therapy, Vaccines and Immunotherapy; 35. Support and Advocacy Groups and the Internet; Glossary; Index.