PARKINSONISMO NA ADOLESCÊNCIA

Abstract

Parkinson's disease is a neurodegenerative disease, cosmopolitan, that lacks a well defined etiology, but is prevalent in the elderly shows that feature as the main symptom resting tremor. His description in adolescents is rare and genetic or idiopathic causes, presenting symptoms related to other age groups, but with a higher dystonia and severe. The objective is to apply to the present questionnaires to adolescents, in order to assess their knowledge about Parkinson's Disease, understand the importance of early diagnosis of the disease and its treatment, and no correlation with age assessed in view the same when diagnosed early may enable a better quality of life for patients. Index Terms - Disease, Parkinson's, Adolescents, Diagnosis and Treatment.