What is Parkinson's disease? | Nervous system diseases | NCLEX-RN | Khan Academy

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Published 2015-05-15
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All Comments (21)
  • @THE16THPHANTOM
    so many things that can go wrong with the human body. its amazing everyone just doesn't drop and die.
  • @bimalka.e
    thank you so much for this video! it really gives good insight on Parkinson's disease. This helped me to understand my dad so much better.
  • @shygirlnow2011
    My grandfather worked in Vietnam during the Viet nam war and our family has long thought that Agent Orange caused his Parkinson's. Its so enlightening to hear now that pesticides/chemicals can cause Parkinson's.
  • @debbiejune5988
    That's it what it feels like walking in water the slow resistance walking against the water. I've had such difficulty in explaining what I feel like. i am a young onset patient and people tend to expect me to be as though I'm in my 40s when my life is really like an 80 year old. Parkinson's is total devastation like the person I used to be died and was replaced by this version that physical and cognitive limitations
  • @danisuarez238
    I just want to say THANK YOU from the bottom of my heart for all your videos, I am in nursing school and it's sad to say, but true that your videos teach me much more and engage me much more than any of my professors. THANK YOU X a million! <3
  • Don't you hate it when you find some illness and you have all of the symptoms and most of the causes...
  • @zees9669
    You have a very good voice and speech. God bless.
  • Thank you very much! Super informative and beautifully-drawn. I enjoy your voice as well.
  • @happynappy
    I bawled my eyes out listening to this video. My heart breaks for my fellow human beings suffering from this horrible disease.:face-pink-tears: Even though I'm perfectly well.
  • @mrperera6905
    You're doing a great job khanacademymedicine. THUMBS UP FOR YOU!
  • @nicolem3052
    Quality and informative video! I enjoyed this.
  • @inzaiyne
    I love how she narrated and how clear her diction is. thank you so much!
  • @bobjohnson6968
    Thanks a lot ! I want to become a surgeon so thanks for the medical info 🚑
  • @zohaishtiaq9253
    Anne Hathaway played a character with early onset of Parkinson's in the movie Love and Other Drugs
  • @Vanillawaffer07
    Wow you really broke this down very nicely. I have a friend with PD so just wanted to become more familiar with it 😌