How to diagnose Parkinson's Disease? Doctors must to know it. There are ways how to diagnose this disease. The diagnosis of Parkinson's disease is confirmed by the following criterias:
1. Clinically
• Achieved 2 of 3 cardinal signs of motor disorders: tremor, rigidity, bradykinesia or
• 3 of 4 motor signs: tremor, rigidity, postural instability and bradykinesia.
2. Koller's criterias
• It was found 2 of the 3 cardinal signs of motor disorders: tremor at rest or disruption
postural reflexes, rigidity, bradykinesia lasting 1 year or more.
• The response to levodopa therapy was given until repairs are (at least
1,000 mg / day for 1 month) and long repair 1 year or more.
3. Criteria of Gelb & Gilman
• Symptoms of group A (typical for Parkinson's disease) consists of:
1) Resting tremor
2) Bradykinesia
3) Rigidity
4) The beginning of asymmetrical
• Clinical symptoms of group B (early symptoms uncommon), alternative diagnoses, consisting of:
1) postural instability are prominent in the first 3 years
2) Can not move at all phenomenon(freezing) in the first 3 years
3) Hallucination (unrelated with the treatment) in the first 3 years
4) Dementia before motor symptoms in the first year.
1) postural instability are prominent in the first 3 years
2) Can not move at all phenomenon(freezing) in the first 3 years
3) Hallucination (unrelated with the treatment) in the first 3 years
4) Dementia before motor symptoms in the first year.
The diagnosis of "possible": there are at least two of the symptoms of group A where one of them is a tremor or bradikinesia and there are no symptoms group B, duration of symptoms is less than 3 years old with clear response to levodopa or dopamine agonists.
The diagnosis of "probable": there are at least 3 of the 4 symptoms of group A, and there are no symptoms of group B, duration of disease for at least 3 years and the response clear to levodopa or dopamine agonists.
The diagnosis of "definite": meets all criteria of probable and inspection histopathologic positive.
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