that's said around thirty percent of all tarkan since patients are below the age of fifty some of my patients were diagnosed in their late twenty's sponsorship and. child was thirty five years old when he was diagnosed with parkinson's. since the condition causes different problems in young people than older ones he founded a self-help group called parkies under forty. many early onset sufferers are afraid of being stigmatized at work they're afraid that their relationships our marriages will fall apart they're also afraid that they won't have enough financial security if they have to stop working. indeed the medical treatment for parkinson's has so far been simply to treat the symptoms by compensating for the lack of dopamine which. there's still no cure for parkinson's but medication and physical activity can offer patients some relief and he with dr eva spot in the movement disorder