Is parkinson hereditary? - Parkinson's Disease Message Board

sam1979 · 06-30-2009, 08:29 AM

Hello Doctors,

My fiancée's mother have parkinson. I am worried. I wanted to now if this disease is hereditaryHereditary amyloidosis
Pseudohypoparathyroidism? What are the symptoms? How can we avoid from this disease?

Thanks a million in adavance.

Regards
S

pitcherred · 06-30-2009, 08:31 AM

no , its infectious.

sam1979 · 06-30-2009, 09:54 AM

Thanks Pitcherred for the prompt reply. But I was reading through many articles on the web and few of them say that its hereditary? Is this a myth?

Are you a doctor? Can you help incase I need?

Thanks a million. God bless you.
Regards
Sachin

inspectormoe · 07-04-2009, 01:03 PM

Parkinson's seem be hereditary in some cases as you suggested. Others that get PD there is no apparent cause but there are associated environmental factors that seem to contribute such as pesticides etc. To my knowledge the responses you get will more than likely be from other patients as I don't believe doctor's respond to these forums normally.

sunshine221 · 07-09-2009, 08:52 PM

I was told only 5% of cases are hereditary.