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Three catagories of symptoms
-Motor or movement
-personality or behavioral
-cognitive decline
SYMTPOMS
-restlessness
-twitching and desire to move about
-handwriting becomes less controlled
-difficulty speaking and swallowing
-slowness of voluntary movements
Prognosis
Death usually occurs between ten and thirty years after disease onset
Occurrence
4-7 in 100,000
Rare
TREATMENT
Treatment is aimed at reducing the disability caused by motor impairments
-Motor symptoms can be treated with drugs
-occupational therapy is used to help preserve memory for doing daily activities.
-Preparing softer foods and eating slower and more cautiously