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Pick's Disease

by Fairway Don, Feb 22, 2004 12:00AM

Tags: brain, tumor, Neurology, Brain Tumor, Pick's Disease, brain tumor, bipolar, manic

My mother has just pasted away.

I have been told that she might have had Picks diease.

I have told that there is no treatment or cure for this diease.

If indeed she had Picks which can only be found out by an autopsy

can this diease be passed from generation to generation???

I was hoping to reach Dr. Skidmore on this matter.

I'm a friend of his fathers from Roscoe.

Doctor's Answer

by CCF-Neuro-M.D.-CS, Feb 23, 2004 12:00AM

A small proportion of Pick's disease cases can be familial and passed from generation to generation. However the majority of these disorders are isolated. There are no commercially available tests to see if it is familial. I will pass your greetings along to Dr. Skidmore. Good luck.

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by SWA Mom, Apr 18, 2004 12:00AM

My Grandfathers 2 sisters were said to have die of Picks Disease. My grandfather shows some of the signs rude, impatient, gets aggressive, becomes withdrawn,reduction to speech, mumbles, but he is starving himself not over eating. Its not all the time. We have good moments and real bad ones.The only thing that is constant is he is starving himself. What are the chances that my Grandfather has Picks also.

by ljk, Apr 20, 2004 12:00AM

Hi

My mother was recently dx w Picks Disease and from what I have read about the difference between that disease and Alzheimers, this dx seems to be spot on.

I have been dx in the past w depression, but more recently w soft bipolar disorder, after a mixed manic episode that may have been triggered by the ssri I was taking.

I have been told that mixed manic episodes, can lead to a "kinlding" effect on the brain.

Looking back, I realise that my mother was bipolar to some extent as well but never was dx or treated for it.

Is there anything in the literature that speaks to the possibility that the kindling effect and its resultant undermining of the brain and immune system, have a link to the emergence of Picks Disease?

Thanks

LJK

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