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Pick disease
A rare condition in which abnormal substances inside nerve cells damage the brain.
Dr. Geoffrey Rutledge reviewed this
39 year experience in Internal Medicine
How long it usually lasts:
How common it is:
Teenager 14-18 | Rare | ||||
Young adult 19-40 | |||||
Middle-aged adult 41-60 | Very common |
Symptoms
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Could you tell me what pick's disease is?
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What is the definition or description of: Pick disease?
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What do you suggest if my dad has niemann pick's disease type c and also hemochromatosis.?
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A female asked:
How badly does Pick's disease progress in a person? And is there any possibility of a genetic link with it?
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A 32-year old male asked:
What pick's disease?
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Are there support groups for pick's disease?
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What is picks disease, my brother has it, I am 68 and memorie is very good.?
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What exactly is niemann pick disease?
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What are the tests for niemann-pick disease?
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How do you know if a carrier of niemann-pick disease?
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What are the common symptoms of niemann-pick disease?
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What type of life style does the person with niemann-pick disease have?
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Can you tell me how to know if you are a carrier of niemann-pick disease?
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A 36-year old asked:
Should i be concerned if my father has niemann pick's disease type c and also hemochromatosis.?
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A 49-year old asked:
Who can get Pick's disease? What causes it?
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A 24-year old asked:
Is pick's disease the same as "frontotemporal dementia "?
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Are there treatments for niemann pick disease?
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What symptoms does a person with picks disease get?
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What happens if a female is a carrier of allele for niemann-pick disease type a what is her genotype?
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A 25-year old asked:
We come from a religious background where treatment is based on faith and home cures. What can we use to treat pick disease?
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A 37-year old asked:
What change to the genetic code causes the niemann-pick disease?
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A 58-year old female asked about a 79-year old female:
My mom was diagnosed with Pick disease but doing research I see it is similar to Lewy and CJD. Is the life expectancy similar. Worse because bad fall.
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Would it be possible that a celiac disease blood test pick other diseases and whatnot up?
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If someone does a stress ECG but doesn't get the pain they are there for, can it still pick up disease?
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I'm wondering if i get a blood test for celiac, can it pick up diseases/cancers/infections?
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