Parkinson's and ALS
 

My husband, age 64, was diagnosed with Parkinson's one year ago. His father died of ALS almost 20 years ago at the age of 69 (he passed away 9 months after diagnosis). I know that my husband was experiencing many symptoms before he would go to the doctor, not the least of which was his left foot dragging. He didn't want to get a diagnosis of ALS which can have a similar first symptom. Has any correlation between the two diseases ever been made? His children and family would like to know.

Hi Kath and welcome to NeuroTalk. Here is the link to our Parkinsons forum.

http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/forumdisplay.php?f=34

It's a very active forum and I think you should post your question there. :)

Boy, Kath, that's a million-dollar question. This neurological stuff is so ever-evolving, it's hard to say which day's report is this week's winner.

I digress, please let me welcome you to NeuroTalk! I'm glad you've found us and please feel free to participate in any of our forums. See you out there!:)

hi kath,

i copied your post to the pd forum. members with pd might be able to answer your questions.

here is the link to check for replies:
http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/sh...ad.php?t=30989

Kath,

Hello and welcome to NeuroTalk. Great to see you have come to be with us. You will find a great number of caring, supporting members here willing to help each other as they can.

Again welcome, looking forward to seeing you around.

Darlene:hug: