Women's risk of Parkinson's is similar to men's - but they are much more likely to be misdiagnosed, with serious consequences for their health and treatment
Women's risk of Parkinson's is similar to men's - but they are much more likely to be misdiagnosed, with serious consequences for their health and treatment
Yet it took nearly two-and-a-half more years, multiple visits to her GP and appointments with a further two neurologists before Daxa finally got the diagnosis she had “known in her heart” that it was almost all along:of the brain and nervous system, caused by a loss of the nerve cells in the brain that make dopamine.
“When I showed the letters from the first two consultants to he was shocked. He said I was fobbed off and they should have investigated further.” “There are preconceptions in people’s minds of Parkinson’s being a more male dominated condition, that might mean doctors don’t initially think to refer women to a neurologist,” says Claire Bale, associate director of research at Parkinson’s UK – although she is at pains to point out that the difference is not as great as many think, with around 40 to 45 per cent ofs being female. “It may also be that women’s early symptoms are a bit different to men’s early symptoms.
This hormonal element may have played a part in the progression of the disease for Shafaq Ali, a West Yorkshire dentist who was diagnosed with early onset Parkinson’s at the age of 40 in 2019. Unlike Daxa’s, Shafaq’s diagnosis was swift – but the neurologist’s assessment only confirmed what she and her husband, a surgeon, had already suspected and feared.. He said ‘You have loss of arm swing, barely use your right hand any more and have a tremor.
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