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Parkinson's Disease | Last Active: Jul 11 11:10am | Replies (33)
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Isnt the DAT scan pretty conclusive? What about a spinal tap looking at alpha-synucleon? Or skin punches? These all are markers I believe. Also, RBD and loss of smell of common symptoms. A person can have symptoms, but not have the full disease for many years apparently.
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Yeah pretty conclusive. Not 100%. The neurologist takes a set of symptoms as proof. I got off the table from the DaTscan which took only like 10 minutes and they charge $5000 - so I looked over the shoulder of the technician at the image on the color monitor and immediately I recognized one of the dopamine transporters was irregular in shape. I knew immediately I had PD. The radiologist report came in three hours later and confirmed that. But the neurologist won’t confirm it off DaTscan. They need other symptoms because DaTscan could also be showing different dopamine related issues.