what's the difference between Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson disease ?

Question

Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson disease .....

they look similar to me cuz they share common symptom. For instance, one of the similar symptom is patients show difficulties in moving and walking.

Please point the main difference between them.

Please also show me if there is another similarity between them.
Thank you so much!!!

Answer 1

Alzheimer's is a progressive disease of the brain--it affects thought processes (reasoning, memory, etc.) more than motor function like moving and walking. Parkinson's is a degenerative disease of the central nervous system; it affects movement--walking, control of the hands, head, etc. , but usually doesn't interfere with mental function. Both diseases can affect behavior and mood.

Answer 2

The Parkinson's Reversing Breakthrough?

Answer 3

well alzheimers disease is more from arabs the indain part of the world parkision more in the uk jokes and also the U.S.A thats a main differnace now the main symptons is that parkison is none stop shaking cuz thats where them kind of cells attack all round the body alzheimers just attacks the brain like arthythoiles that attacks a specfic part like say your arm or leg but if you have rhymatsim arthytoiles then it attacks all over u most freqentl constant too so it just how and how long and how many and how few the cells specfil loactions are and how many to attack whch parts now these dieases are main so there is lots o batrieca bad cells so it will attack bad in allround u body except for alzheimer and arthyoiles cuz there have specfic part unlike the other 2 parksion diease and rhymatism arthyoiles

Answer 4

Alzheimers is the deteriation of the brain - impairing memory and physical function often regressing the sufferer to a child like state as at later stages they only have limited recollection and only of their childhood and early years - forgetting family, children, partners etc etc anything that has happened in later life. Parkinson's primarily affects the sufferer physically - starting with shakes and judders and difficulty with motor control - this differs from Alz in that it's not that the person 'forgets' how to do something but their body won't respond to what they want it to do.

Answer 5

Alzheimer's is a disease of deteriorating mental function; movement function become impaired only very late in the disease.

Parkinson's is a disease of deteriorating motor (movement) function. Mental function may become impaired late in the disease in a fraction of patients with it.

Answer 6

Parkinson's does not impair mental function, Alzheimer's does. Parkinson's can be controlled with medication and proper diet. I have a friend (around fifty) who has had Parkinson's since she was a child and no one would guess she has it.

Answer 7

Parkinson disease is a nervous condition that causes muscular tremors, Alzheimer's disease is the loss or confusion of memory.