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QUESTION 1 Compare and contrast the pathophysiology and treatment for Alzheimer's and Parkinson's Diseases. TT T Arial 3 (12pt) T. -E. . QX

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PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE:

The Alzheimer's is the developing mental illness with the dropping of neurons and appearance of the 2 major minute neuropathological signs and they are,

1) Intracellular neurofibrillary tangles

2) Extracellular amyloid plaques.

Some of the Medications as a part of treatment are the,

Donepezil-This will avoid the failure of acetylcholine in cerebrum.

Rivastigmine- Avoid the failure of both the butyrylcholine and the acetylcholine in the cerebrum.

Memantine - Obstruct the poisonous outcomes related with the surplus amount of glutamate and manage the glutamate stimulation.

PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF PARKINSON'S DISEASE:

The Parkinson's disease is usually related with the moderate destruction of the cells which is present in substantia nigra of encephalon. This region is accountable for formation of the dopamine and this dopamine is a message carrier which transfer signals among 2 sections of the encephalon for correlating functions.

TREATMENT:

Actually there is no principle remedy for the Parkinson's disease. But for every individuals the remedy depends on their signs and indication of disease.Some of the treatment methods involve the drugs and therapy.

Some of the medications are ,

1) Carbidopa-levodopa- This is a chemical which move to the encephalon and from there which is transformed into dopamine.

2) Carbidopa-levodopa mixture.

3) Dopamine Agonists- This will imitate as a dopamine action in the encephalon.

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