Bluebird Care Birmingham East is supporting Parkinson’s Awareness Week 2017

Bluebird Care Birmingham East is supporting Parkinson’s Awareness Week 2017, an annual campaign run by Parkinson’s UK, from 10-16 April.

Bluebird Care Birmingham East is supporting Parkinson’s Awareness Week 2017, an annual campaign run by Parkinson’s UK, from 10-16 April.


 

What is Parkinson's?

Parkinson's is a progressive neurological condition. People with Parkinson's don't have enough of a chemical called dopamine because some nerve cells in their brain have died. Without dopamine people can find that their movements become slower so it takes longer to do things. The loss of nerve cells in the brain causes the symptoms of Parkinson's to appear. There's currently no cure for Parkinson's and we don't yet know why people get the condition. Parkinson's doesn't directly cause people to die, but symptoms do get worse over time.
How many people have Parkinson's?
One person in every 500 has Parkinson's. That's about 127,000 people in the UK. Most people who get Parkinson's are aged 50 or over but younger people can get it too.
Parkinson's symptoms
Everyone with Parkinson's has different symptoms. The main symptoms of Parkinson's are tremor, rigidity and slowness of movement. As well as affecting movement, people with Parkinson's can find that other issues, such as tiredness, pain, depression and constipation, can have an impact on their day-to-day lives.
Parkinson’s Awareness Week is organised by Parkinson’s UK, a UK charity who drive better care, treatments and quality of life for everyone living with Parkinson’s. Parkinson’s UK can provide expert information, fund ground-breaking research as well as fundraising to find a cure.



For this year’s awareness week Parkinson’s UK are asking everyone to support their research any way they can. At Bluebird Care Birmingham East we hope to raise awareness of Parkinson’s and the strong need for research funding within Birmingham city council area including Hall green, Acocks Green, Yardley, Stetchford, Washwood Heath, etc.


Visit the Parkinson’s UK website, to find out more about the campaign and how you can get involved.