WASHINGTON, D.C.: Findings from a recent study revealed that individuals with asthma demonstrated an increased risk for Parkinson’s disease later in life.
Parkinson’s disease is the second most common neurodegenerative disorder among people older than 65 years of age. The incidence of the disease rises steeply with age, and symptoms include bradykinesia, resting tremor, gait imbalance, muscular rigidity, postural instability, slowing of physical movements, and autonomic dysfunction, which are caused by a progressive degeneration and loss of dopaminergic cells in the substantia nigra.