Learn how to recognize Parkinson's disease.
Diagnosis of Parkinson's disease is best accomplished by a specialist such as a neurologist. Most diagnoses are made presumptively by doctors by confirming most of the early symptoms listed above and by ruling out other conditions that may produce similar symptoms such as a tumor or stroke. The main things the doctor will look for are a tremor at rest and rigidity when the doctor moves the extremities. The doctor will often check your response to an unanticipated pull from behind.
There is no definitive test for the disease except for a biopsy of specific brain tissue that is only usually done at autopsy. Other tests may be used to help physicians distinguish between Parkinson's disease and other medical problems .Essential tremors may be confused with the tremors in Parkinson's disease. However, essential tremors usually affect both extremities equally and get worse when the hands are used, in contrast to Parkinson's tremors.
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