Where Are We in Understanding Parkinson's Disease?

Where Are We in Understanding Parkinson's Disease? (0:45)

Doctors understand how Parkinson's works and have medication to help short-term, but they aren't able to stop the evolution of it. In this video HealthMaker Stephen Sergay, MD, clinical neurologist, explains.

Read Transcript

Well we understand where the brain pathology is and what the neurotransmitter is that's missing, then there are drugs that allow us to replenish that transmission, but over a period of time the receptor cells start not being as receptive as it was before, and people's Parkinson's progresses, and the amount of medication we can provide is insufficient to prevent the progressive nature of the symptomatology.

The question is how do we prevent that evolution as a disease itself and we have no medication for that?.

Stephen Sergay, MD

See All

About Stephen Sergay, MD

Previously Stephen Sergay, MD, was a neurologist at the Lahey Clinic Foundation and was an instructor in neurology at Harvard Medical School. He completed medical school in Africa and his neurology residency at Harvard Longwood.

See All HealthMakers

Where Are We in Understanding Parkinson's Disease?