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Monthly Archives: November 1999

Dudley Moore’s symptoms of progressive supranuclear palsy

Date November 19, 1999
Posted by BSN Support Staff

On November 19, 1999, actor Dudley Moore was interviewed by Barbara Walter on ABC’s 20/20.  The focus of the interview was Dudley Moore’s symptoms of progressive supranuclear palsy.  Someone recently re-posted the 20/20 interview to YouTube:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVWGutY0xbw

Did You Know?

In brain bank studies, most of those with confirmed Lewy body dementia also have Alzheimer’s pathology. And up to 40% of patients with Alzheimer’s disease have concomitant Lewy body pathology.

Frederic Lewy, an American neurologist, first described Lewy bodies (LBs) in 1914. LBs are found in cells of the substantia nigra in patients with Parkinson’s Disease. In Lewy body dementia, LBs are found throughout the brain.

There are two common types of Progressive Supranuclear Palsy with very different symptoms. Cognitive impairment is common in the Richardson’s Syndrome type while the other type looks more like Parkinson’s Disease.   Learn more.

Orthostatic hypotension (OH) is a common symptom of multiple system atrophy. OH is defined as a blood pressure fall by at least 30mm Hg systolic and 15mm Hg diastolic within three minutes of standing from a previous three-minute interval in the recumbent position. The systolic number is the top number in the blood pressure reading while the diastolic is the bottom number.

There are two types of Multiple System Atrophy: a parkinsonism form and a cerebellar form. Orthostatic hypotension is not required for an MSA diagnosis.   Learn more.

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