A great number of people not just Americans suffer from Parkinson's disease. Taking an in-depth  look at the 5 phases of Parkinson's Disease, why is it so frightening? Is it because it's called a vieled killer? With no source and no treatment? These will give us cognizance on how we can take our relatives and friends suffering from this ailment.

Parkinson's is a progressive disease of the nervous system that affects movement, balance and speech. This is manifested by tremors, muscular rigidity and slow inaccurate movement mostly affecting middle aged and elderly people. Parkinson's is associated with deterioration of the basal ganglia of the brain and a deficiency of the neurotransmitter dopamine.

Famous stars like Michael J. Fox, Janet Reno and Muhammad Ali has been advocates for this disease. And the recent addition to this list is the late comedian-actor Robin Williams whose suicide was partly associated to his diagnosis of Parkinson's Disease, as per the actor's wife.

A family friend of Robin Williams told CNN that upon diagnosis with Parkinson's, and knowing that this will progress and get worse was an additional fear and burden for him and his family.

Life expectancy for Parkinson's disease patients is lesser than some earlier studies have advised, with hardly one-third of the patients with the disease last six years.

Not a single test can detect Parkinson's disease and there is no clear symptom of what causes it in certain patients. Neurons Malfunction then dies off leads the brain to stop producing dopamine which is an essential chemical for flexible movement.

Some doctors may think that genes might have a great contribution of why a patient have Parkinson's, but this has not been proven.

According to the Parkinson's Disease Foundation, depression is the common reason of the disease. It affects up to 60% of the patient having this disease and depression has been the most unnoticed symptom.

Although Parkinson's Disease has no cure, no cause and its killing people silently we don't have to be afraid of it. We can still all live a wonderful life. Life is short but great and we should all be living it to the fullest.

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