Patient |
Family Background |
Profession prior to the disease |
Attack at age (in years) |
Activities and habits |
Duration of illness (in years) |
Symptoms Noticed |
Other diseases |
Respond & Reciprocate Ideas and/or views |
Treatment |
Death and Incidence of Illness |
Mr. X |
Head of large middle class joint family |
Retired from Central Govt. service as section incharge of the audit department |
74 |
Generally remained busy in writing; books were published prior to illness; preaching his mentor's advice to his disciples; inspired family members to perform religious functions at home; expressed satisfaction to see 'Gita', his last book was published |
5 |
Unbalanced movement due to severe jerk in the body; tremor, restlessness and severe pain in the joints; extreme difficulty in walking alone and without support; inarticulate speech with the progress of illness. |
Chronic piles with occasional oozing of blood during defecation; enlarged prostate gland; dry cough |
Could express his views and convince listeners; sense perception was normal; could commuicate his desire to members of the family and the disciples; able to understand the inconvenience caused to the family |
During the middle age general treatment of piles; surgery of prostate gland; nursing at home by the wife and family members; usual drugs to subside pains. |
Death at the Govt. hospital after cerebral attack and acute bronchitis No incidence even after 25 years of death |
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Mr. Y |
Head of a small middle class joint family |
Retired from Central Govt. service as Dy. Director of National Test House |
70 |
No special activity after retirement; usually performed day to day work for maintaining the family; illness prevented him from working |
6 |
At the begining tremor; small and irregular steps causing slow movement noticed; severe nervous disorder causing difficulty in talking; very dry skin; limbs became stiff with progress of illness; narration of absurd incidents to grand children; effort to recollect old events |
Chronic hypertension with high blood pressure; strangulated hernia developed prior to detection of the Parkinson's illness |
Poor response and expression of ideas, childish behaviour with ocassional smile; no strength in the limbs bending of head during sitting; scared look. |
Drugs to control hyper-tension; surgery for hernia; usual medicine for bronchitis and upkeep of the health; nursing ans care at home by wife and daughter. |
Death at home due to speedy advance-ment of illness; severe bronchitis and cardiac failure; no incidence or spread of the disease after 20 years |
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Mr. Z |
Head of a relatively affluent small family |
Business having own chemical factory under the SSI, Govt. of WB |
64 |
Prior to illness extremely busy with business; used to travel ling distance for the progress of business; continued activities even during illness; gave up driving car with advance-ment of disease; continued to give advice to his staff for running business; it was not wound up. |
5 |
Severe jerks in body; especially neck and shoulder movement was virulent; extreme restless-ness of body; tremor and continous pain even during sitting; occasional pain even during sitting; occasional twist in foot steps causing fall on the ground |
Severe attack with cough and cold; hyper-tension |
No difficulty to respond and to communicate with others; could command the staff of the factory to perform and /or work for running business. |
Use of drugs and Nebuliser during acute stage at the nursing home. |
Death at the nursing homedue to cardiac failure and COPD; no incidence reported even after 6 years of death. |
