Here are two common scenarios that may sound familiar:
Scenario 1
A patient develops a series of neurologic symptoms, is evaluated...see more by a neurologist and is told that she has Parkinson’s disease (PD). She then visits another neurologist for a second opinion and is told she has Lewy Body Dementia (LBD).
Scenario 2
A patient has his first visit with his neurologist and is told that he has PD, at a subsequent visit the diagnosis is changed to Parkinson’s disease dementia (PDD), and at a follow up visit the diagnosis is changed yet again to Dementia with Lewy Bodies (DLB).
Both of these situations understandably cause great uncertainty and frustration.
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