Your age is only one factor in your risks for the condition.
Doctors believe that most people start to show signs of Parkinson’s disease sometime in middle age.
The average age for someone to be diagnosed with Parkinson’s is around 60 years old.
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Only about 5% to 10% of everyone with Parkinson’s has the early-onset form of the disease.
Only about 2% of those diagnosed with Parkinson’s are under the age of 40.
A very few people are diagnosed with Parkinson’s before their 20th birthdays.
Researchers have identified several genes that are linked to Parkinson’s.
People with early-onset Parkinson’s disease are more likely to have genetic factors that caused their condition.
In addition, certain treatments includingexercise may be more likely to help younger people with Parkinson’s.
Stewart A Factor, DO and William J Weiner, MD.
(eds)Parkinsons Disease: Diagnosis and Clinical Management: Second Edition Edited by 2008 Demos Medical Publishing.
