Camden County Brain Injury Lawyers: Traumatic Brain Injury and Parkinson’s Disease

Parkinson’s disease is a chronic movement disorder that gets progressively worse over time.  Neurons in the brain that produce dopamine die and the result is an inability to control movements of the body properly.  Recent findings published in the June 2015 Annals of Neurology suggest that patients aged 55 or older who suffer a traumatic brain injury (TBI) have an increased chance of developing Parkinson’s disease.

Primary symptoms of Parkinson’s include:

• Tremor (affects hands, arms, legs, jaws and face)
• Bradykinesia (slowness of movement)
• Rigidity (stiffness of body)
• Postural instability (unsteadiness)

Research physicians at the University of California, San Francisco used coding data from California emergency departments to identify patients in the target age bracket who suffered a TBI versus a non-traumatic brain injury trauma. In the six year span of the study, researchers estimated the risk of Parkinson’s disease after TBI and evaluated the patients in a follow up process.

The findings showed a 44 percent increased risk for subsequent development of Parkinson’s disease compared to the patients who suffered a non-traumatic brain injury trauma. The symptoms of Parkinson’s disease appeared within five to seven years. According to the study, the increased risk is unlikely to be attributable to confounding or reverse causation.

Cherry Hill Personal Injury Lawyers at DiTomaso Law Help Those Who Have Suffered Traumatic Brain Injuries

If you or a loved one has suffered a traumatic brain injury due to another’s negligence, Camden County personal injury lawyers at Your Lawyers4Less will help you fight for your rights and obtain appropriate treatment and compensation for your injuries. We will review your case at no charge to you. Call our Cherry Hill, New Jersey or Philadelphia offices at 856-414-0010 or contact us online. We serve clients in all southern New Jersey Counties including Camden County, Burlington County, Cumberland County, Salem County, Gloucester County, Atlantic County, and southeastern Pennsylvania Counties of Bucks County, Delaware County, Montgomery County.