Every hour, someone in the UK is told they have Parkinson's.
One person in every 500 has Parkinson's. That's about 120,000 people in the UK.
Most people who get Parkinson's are aged 50 or over but younger people can get it too. One in 20 is under the age of 40.
People with Parkinson's don't have enough of a chemical called dopamine because some nerve cells in their brain have died.
Without dopamine people can find that their movements become slower so it takes longer to do things.
The loss of nerve cells in the brain causes the symptoms of Parkinson's to appear.
There's currently no cure for Parkinson's and we don't yet know why people get the condition.
Parkinson's doesn't directly cause people to die, but symptoms do get worse over time.
Click on the link below to watch a Multimedia piece on Parkinson's...
'I Don't Want a Walking Stick'...
Parkinson's UK offers advice, support and raises awareness about Parkinson's disease...http://www.parkinsons.org.uk/
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