Music Icon Reveals Parkinson’s Diagnosis, Skin Cancer Surgery
Carly Simon has revealed that she has been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease and recently underwent surgery to treat basal cell carcinoma, a type of skin cancer. According to Fox News , the 83-year-old singer, best…
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About Parkinson's disease
Parkinson's disease (PD), or simply Parkinson's, is a neurodegenerative disease primarily of the central nervous system, affecting both motor and non-motor systems. The motor symptoms, collectively called parkinsonism, include tremors, slowness in initiating movement (bradykinesia), rigidity, and difficulty maintaining balance. Non-motor symptoms such as autonomic nervous system failures (dysautonomia), sleep abnormalities, decreased ability to smell (anosmia), and behavioral changes or neuropsychiatric problems, such as cognitive impairment, psychosis, and anxiety, may appear at any stage of the disease. Symptoms typically develop gradually, and non-motor issues become more prevalent as the disease progresses.
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