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Dr Tabish Saifee
Queen Square Private Healthcare
What is Parkinson’s Disease?
Parkinson’s disease is a progressive disease of the brain caused by degeneration of the brain cells that primarily controls movement explains Dr Tabish Saifee, a Consultant Neurologist Queen Square.
Transcript
So Parkinson's disease is a condition that affects the brain. It's a, what we call, progressive condition in that it starts and it gets worse slowly over time. It's a condition that's caused by degeneration and death of certain brain cells, particularly cells that are important in movement, in generating movements. So it's a condition that primarily starts out with problems with the control of movement.
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