Pick's Disease
Pick's Disease Causes
The cause of the illness can be both genetic and environmental.
Pick's Disease Definition
Pick's disease is a rare neurodegenerative disease that triggers the fronto-temporal area. It is the progressive degeneration of the nerve cells and causes tau proteins to accumulate in an abnormal fashion. It commonly affects adults.
Pick's Disease Diagnosis
Pick's disease can be diagnosed by using functional neuroimaging technologies and by closely monitoring the behavior of a person suspected with the illness. Experts, however find it difficult to determine the onset of the disease.
Pick's Disease Symptoms and Signs
Symptoms of the illness include written and spoken aphasia, mood swings, severe depression and personality changes. People with the disease also easily get paranoid and adopt childlike behavior.
Pick's Disease Treatment
There is no single effective treatment to cure Pick's disease. Some medications meanwhile are prescribed to help lessen the effects the disorder such as cholinesterase inhibitors, antidepressants and antipsychotics.