Why women with Parkinsons are misdiagnosed more often than men

Dr. Sonia Mathur:

I basically noticed an intermittent tremor and my right pinky finger. And I just completed my residency in family medicine was expecting my first daughter, and my husband, who`s also a physician said I had better go get checked out.

And instead of getting the news that I had hoped, I was diagnosed with young onset Parkinson`s disease at the age of 28. And that was almost 24 years ago. And the disease continued to progress. So much so that I had to actually stop my clinical medical practice, unfortunately, and said, devoted my life to words advocacy, educational research in Parkinson`s disease.

The impact of this disease is really extremely disabling effects, not only physically, but mentally, socially, emotionally, relationships get affected, and it`s pretty unpredictable in terms of its disability. Your symptoms and response to medication can really vary day by day, hour by hour, and that`s sort of what I`m experiencing now as well.

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