Parkinson's Disease

[jellytot01]

My best mate is 16, he's fairly fit and healthy. However, he has shakes in his hands and arms. They are often shaking, sometimes slowly and barely noticeable, but other times he struggles to hold a pen or a cup or something.
Also, it often seems like an effort to start walking or getting some where. Once he is going it is not so bad, but trying to get his body moving, he often finds hard.

It may sound a long shot, but does anyone reckon there is a chance of early on-set Parkinson's disease? I've been looking on the web at some of the symptons etc, and the shaking and lack of movement seem to be the main things that he has.

Any thoughts?

[4getmenot]

No one can really diagnos this but he should really see a doctor, I suffer from shaky hands which worsens if I'm trying to pick a cup of drink up. Did your freind watch the documentry on the boy with parkinsons lastnight?

[jellytot01]

No, well not as far as I know, but I did, which is what made me think about it more.

[4getmenot]

The boy on it was one of the youngest in the country and I think he was 17 when he was diagnosed with it. Could also maybe be MS. Have you suggested he see his GP?

[Dollie]

try looking up Essential Tremors on the internet. My son was first diagnosed at 16. Its not very common but reasonably harmless. Sometimes he doesn't shake for days then others he can't hold a glass of water hardly. Its only really noticeable in my son's hands, he doesn't shake elsewhere. He has seen several docs and a neurologist and had tests. They all confirm Essential Tremors, which as I say can be somewhat annoying, but my son has been told it may never get any worse and its harmless i.e. you don't die from it and its not as debilitating as PD. Hope that helps.

[Vadeakon]

My wife has Parkinson's. Some one his age with this ailment may be a long shot, but he needs to see a doctor. These symptons have many possible causes, some harmless, some not.