Common Questions
How long can patients live with Parkinson's?
Categories : About Parkinson's
PD is not considered a fatal condition.
There isn’t a simple answer to this question, because it depends on the type and characteristics of each case [2]. Some people live to the same age as those who don’t have the disease. It seems that individuals with Parkinson’s disease who experience difficulties with thinking or with memory have a lower life expectancy than those with normal cognitive function [1,2]. One study of patients that was undertaken recently in Sweden showed that patients with Parkinson disease presenting with normal cognitive function seem to have a largely normal life expectancy [2].
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2. Bäckstrom D et al. Neurology 2018;91:e2045-e2056. Available at: https://n.neurology.org/content/neurology/91/22/e2045.full.pdf [Accessed June 2019]
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date of preparation February 2020
