But doctors now say sometimes when people think they have one of these debilitating diseases, their brains are really saying they have something else, a neurological disease that affects one in every 200 adults over age 65.
"I couldn't walk properly. I couldn't keep my balance. You start to feel like your feet are attached to the floor, and you can't pick your feet up. I couldn't get my words out," said Ramona Luckman. In 2007, a doctor told 69 year-old Luckman her symptoms added up to one thing, Parkinson's disease. "I couldn't walk properly. I couldn't keep my balance. You start to feel like your feet are attached to the floor, and you can't pick your feet up. I couldn't get my words out." Two agonizing years later, CT scans confirmed Luckman didn't have Parkinson's at all. She really had /*normal pressure hydrocephalus*/, commonly referred to as NPH. NPH is a buildup of cerebral spinal fluid that enlarges the ventricles. "They believe that the symptoms are a result of the expansion of these fluid-filled spaces," said Dr. Joseph Zabramski, MD Neurological Surgeon Chief.When your brain gives you the wrong diagnosis
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