Parkinson's illness: prevalence of the disease from the point of view of medical statistics

Parkinsonism - a neurological syndrome characterized by a combination of akinesia, rigidity, resting tremors, and postural instability, it is a progressive degenerative disease of the central nervous system. Quoted in reports alarming figures make you think that in the last two decades, the incidence of parkinsonism increased. In all countries of the world has been an increase of vascular brain lesions caused by hypertension and atherosclerosis. Changes in the blood vessels of the brain are one of the main causes of Parkinson''s disease development. Parkinsonism is usually sad “privilege” elderly. Most often the first symptoms appear between 50-60 years.