What is corticobasal degeneration?

Corticobasal degeneration is a slow nerve cell loss combined with wasting away of multiple areas of the brain including the cerebral cortex and the basal ganglia. Symptoms are similar to Parkinson's disease, such as poor coordination, slow rigid movements, muscular jerks, and difficulty swallowing.

How do members experience corticobasal degeneration?

Top 5 symptoms reported by people with corticobasal degeneration*

*Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.

Top treatments taken by people for corticobasal degeneration*

Who has corticobasal degeneration on PatientsLikeMe?

Age

Age Proportion # of patients
<20 0
20s 0
30s 3
40s 8
50s 11
60s 45
70+ 88

Distribution of sex

Sex

Sex Proportion # of patients
Male 70
Female 86

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What is corticobasal degeneration?

Corticobasal degeneration is a slow nerve cell loss combined with wasting away of multiple areas of the brain including the cerebral cortex and the basal ganglia. Symptoms are similar to Parkinson's disease, such as poor coordination, slow rigid movements, muscular jerks, and difficulty swallowing.



Common symptoms reported by people with corticobasal degeneration

Common symptoms
How bad it is
What people are taking for it

Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.
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Treatments taken by people for corticobasal degeneration

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Compare treatments taken by people with corticobasal degeneration

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Who has corticobasal degeneration on PatientsLikeMe?

  • 0 new patients joined this month
  • 147 say corticobasal degeneration is their primary condition

Age
Age Proportion # of patients
<20 0
20s 0
30s 3
40s 8
50s 11
60s 45
70+ 88
Age at first symptom
Age at first symptom Proportion # of patients
0-19 years 0
20-29 years 0
30-39 years 1
40-49 years 4
50-59 years 11
60-69 years 13
70+ years 6

Distribution of sex

Sex
Sex Proportion # of patients
Male 70
Female 86

Diagnosis status
Diagnosis status Proportion # of patients
Diagnosed 43
Not Diagnosed 1

These charts show data from corticobasal degeneration patients who have completed their condition history
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