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I have read at many sites that vitamin b12 deficiency symptoms closely mimic parkinsons. can fine postural tremor and numbess in the limb extremeties be caused by vit b12 deficiency?
also my dad has been diagnosed with mild adiadochokinesia. does that constitute to be bradykinesia?
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Thank you for the reply and the further clarification. I truly appreciate your efforts to help me out. From looking for definitions of Bradykinesia and Adiadochokinesia on the web, both seem to be treated as separate symptoms and not as a subset of one another.
Bradykinesia seems to refer to slowness of movement and is seen a neurological issue whereas
Adiodochokinesia seems to be more cerebral and refers to the "Lack of ability to stop movement in one direction and follow it immediately with movement in the opposite direction."
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Sorry for my long and continued rambling. but these were the questions bothering me the most
1. what could be the reason for the chronic fatigue on waking up in the morning and why would it decrease during the day along with other symptoms?
2. could the carotid artery stenosis of 25 % be symptomatic for my dad to cause all this (like the cardiologist alluded?)
3. if not then is there any benefit to doubling aspirin dosage to 150 mg every day ?
4. his mri was done without contrast (no dye injected). i understand that to be ur recommendation
5. the cardiologist put him on gabapentin when he first complained of numbness in his toes. dad thinks it neither had any positive nor negative effect. could it be the cause for parkinsonism symptoms?
6. what could be our next course of action/ questions. we do believe getting a blood test done to determine any deficiencies is very important. i guess thats the MCV test is that you also mentioned.
any other recommendation for tests or diagnosis would be very helpful
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Firstly Thank you so much for responding...i cant express in words, the value of ur opinion.
Here are the symptoms he has and the onset.
1. about 4 to 5 months ago, he started complaining about numbness in his left toes. about two months later, he had numbness is his left fingers and eventually in parts of his left side of his face (near his lips).
2. around the same time, he started complaining of chronic fatigue on waking up in the morning. he would feel worn out and lethargic and he said as the day progressed he got better. by evening he almost felt normal. this happens day after day
3. he has had mild tremor in his hands for more than a year but now of late he complains cos he is feeling the tremor when he holds the newspaper up to read and especially when he tries to put his signature. he has to hold his hand down on the table to get a decent signature.
4. he has complained of sore throat and his voice is hoarse and has pain on swallowing. he is able to eat normally. the neuro attributed this to allergies and said it was not to do with his other symptoms. but did mention that his voice should be softer becos of parkinsonism
the cardio's diagnosis was to increase the blood flow (via clopidugel and extra aspirin) and said all symptoms will be gone. the neuro's diagnosis was arteriosclerotic parkinsonism - prelimnary stage compounded by coq10 shortages in the body.
He is due for another mri in two months and i will request for mri without contrast (i am not sure what was done)
Any insights based on this additional info would be so appreciated. he is on ropinurole, mao inhibiter , amantadine and coq10 supplement now.
Thanks a lot
Shy (i do try to research thoroughly before asking questions but this one has me going in circles.
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I have read your posts for Vascular Parkinsonism for others users. My dad who is 76, was recently diagnosed with VP. He has intention tremor in his hands and difficulty swallowing and slurring of speech. he has numbness in his left toes and left finger and parts of left side of his face. he also complains of fatigue on waking up in the morning (though sleeps well at night)
he had a bypass heart surgery 11 years ago and has been on statins and aspirins since. he has no history of diabetes or hypertension. his mri did not show any evident of lesions or structural changes.
his doppler test shows 25% carotid artery stenosis.
his cardiologist increased his asprin dosage to 150mg and added clopidrugel. his neurologist diagonosed him with early stage VP with mild bradychanasia and has started him on dopamine agonist and amantidine. in two weeks he sees slight improvement with his symptoms.
Can you help me understand what is causing his parkinsonism, in the absence of the lesions? and since he has had no known stroke, what controls and measures can we take to arrest/slow the progression of VP?
All literature on the web talks about classic case of VP with prominent gait issues. My dad has no symptoms of that as of now. he has more bilateral intention tremor issues. what is the diagnosis for such cases?
Thank you so much
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