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Đợt kịch phát hemicrania là phổ biến hơn bốn lần so với các hình thức mãn tính. Mãn tính kịch phát hemicrania (CPH), còn được gọi là hội chứng Sjaastad, là một rối loạn đau đầu chính đầu tiên được mô tả bởi Ottar Sjaastad thần kinh học | The growth factor called GDNF has been shown to slow cell death in experimental systems. A small group of patients undergoing this surgery has improved although these results are quite preliminary. Prognosis PD is a progressive disease and the loss of brain tissue in the SN is inevitable. PD patients tend to live almost as long as age-matched individuals without PD although with an increasing level of disability. Loss of motor control can lead to an increased risk for falls and swallowing difficulty can cause choking or aspiration inhaling of food. Aspiration pneumonia is a common cause of death in late-stage PD patients. Resources BOOKS Cram David L. Understanding Parkinson s Disease A Self- Help Guide. Milford CT LPC 1999. Hauser Robert and Theresa Zesiewicz. Parkinson s Disease Questions and Answers 2nd edition. Coral Springs FL Merit Publishing International 1997. Jahanshahi Marjan and C. David Marsden. Parkinson s Disease A Self-Help Guide. San Diego Demos Medical Publishing 2000. WEBSITES WE MOVE. http April 27 2004 . Parkinson s Disease Foundation. http April 27 2004 . Richard Robinson I Paroxysmal hemicrania Definition Paroxysmal hemicrania PH is a rare form of headache. Paroxysmal hemicrania usually begins in adulthood and affected persons experience severe throbbing claw-like or boring pain. The pain is usually on one side of the face near or in the eye temple and occasionally reaching to the back of the neck. Red and tearing eyes a drooping or swollen eyelid on the affected side of the face and nasal congestion may accompany this pain. Persons experiencing the headache pain of paroxysmal hemicrania may also feel dull pain soreness or tenderness between attacks. Description Paroxysmal hemicrania syndromes have two forms chronic in which persons experience attacks on a daily basis for a year or more and episodic in which the headaches do not occur for months or years. Episodic paroxysmal hemicrania is four times more common than