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Parkinson's disease
Parkinson’s disease is a progressive, neurological condition which affects about 120,000 people in the UK. Symptoms usually appear in people over 50 years and the risk of having the condition increases with age. However, younger people can also have Parkinson’s disease, of the 10,000 people diagnosed each year in the UK, one in 20 will be aged under 40 years. Parkinson’s disease occurring between the ages of 21 and 40 years is known as young-onset Parkinson’s disease.