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A18o14 t1_j25ssv2 wrote

Reply to comment by Brainsonastick in In Parkinson disease, why doesn't the adrenal gland fill the dopamine deficiency? by Actual-Pumpkin1567

As far as I know: no, unfortunately not. There are a few things against the symptoms (medication and deep brain stimulation).

But the mechanism responsible for PD is still more or less unknown , so basic research is still being done. That's why (again: afaik) there is nothing revolutionary in sight at the moment.

(I wrote my MD loosly on the subject, so I have some insight)

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Effective-Return-754 t1_j28kc0v wrote

What about this new vibrating glove therapy? I guess that also only affects the symptoms, not the underlying causes, right?

https://news.yahoo.com/scientists-develop-glove-eliminates-parkinson-132644329.html

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A18o14 t1_j2dwhh7 wrote

They state it eliminates the tremor, that is just a side effect of PD so yes, it just deals with the symptoms. Funny enough most people with tremors do not have PD but jus a "Essential tremor". Bad enough but not that severe.

With PD parts of your brain are dying, so if a therapy does not deal with that it is not curing PD.

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