{"id":13095,"date":"2024-04-20T08:46:14","date_gmt":"2024-04-20T03:16:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=13095"},"modified":"2025-04-02T00:18:26","modified_gmt":"2025-04-01T18:48:26","slug":"what-is-parkinsons-disease-upsc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/what-is-parkinsons-disease-upsc\/","title":{"rendered":"Parkinson Plus Syndrome"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>About Parkinson Plus Syndrome<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>It is a <strong>neurodegenerative disorder<\/strong> that manifest in a similar fashion to Parkinson\u2019s Disease.<\/li>\n<li>It is also called <strong>atypical parkinsonism<\/strong>, refers to a group of neurodegenerative movement disorders that resemble idiopathic Parkinson&#8217;s disease (PD) with certain distinguishing clinical and pathophysiological features.<\/li>\n<li>They attack the brain cells and nerves and lead to movement disorders, just like Parkinson\u2019s.<\/li>\n<li>There are several conditions that are categorized as Parkinson\u2019s Plus Syndrome, some of which include;\n<ul>\n<li>Multiple System Atrophy (MSA), Progressive Supranuclear Palsy (PSP), Lewy Body Dementia (LBD), and Corticobasal Ganglionic Degeneration (CBGD).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>The <strong>cause <\/strong>of Parkinson\u2019s Plus Syndrome <strong>is unknown, with <\/strong>a combination of genetic and environmental factors usually held responsible.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Symptoms<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Tremors in one hand<\/li>\n<li>Balance and coordination problems<\/li>\n<li>Difficulty walking or shuffling gait<\/li>\n<li>Stiffness in the jaw or reduced facial expressions<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Treatment: <\/strong>Medication can help some people move more easily and feel less stiff.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Q1: What is the nervous system?<\/h3>\n<p>The nervous system is a complex network of cells, tissues, and organs that coordinate and control the functions of the body. It is responsible for receiving, processing, and responding to sensory information from the environment.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/national\/karnataka\/65-year-old-patient-from-france-receives-indias-first-high-cervical-spinal-cord-stimulation-for-parkinson-plus-syndrome\/article68076839.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><u>65-year-old patient from France receives India\u2019s first high cervical spinal cord stimulation for Parkinson Plus Syndrome<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Parkinson Plus Syndrome is a neurodegenerative disorder that manifest in a similar fashion to Parkinson\u2019s Disease.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":13096,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-13095","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13095","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13095"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13095\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13096"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13095"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13095"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13095"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}