Dear Laurawa,

I will be completely honest with you. I have never, until reading this post, heard of vascular parkinsonism. I did a search on google and found the research site. It sounds like Charlie is more up on this subject. I would suggest you talk with him. Is vascular parkinsonism something that occurs toward the end of idiopathic parkinsonism when the Autonomous system begins to be involved? I have low blood pressure, but am having alot of premature varicose veins and have been told by nurses drawing my blood, that my veins tremor out of their grip when they try to insert a needle. Would appreciate hearing more about this particular disease.

Second search says a scan will tell the difference.

http://jnm.snmjournals.org/cgi/conte...tract/42/3/408

Thanks,
Vicky