One of the common questions that people have, especially those with a Parkinson’s patient in their house, is to know whether Parkinson’s disease hereditary or not.

The truth of the matter is that if you have a close relative suffering from the disease, the chances of you having Parkinson’s disease increases. The risk is however quite small unless you have many relatives within your blood line who have had Parkinson’s disease.

It is also estimated that about 10% of the cases of Parkinson could be inherited from your blood line. This means that genetically if you have relatives within your family who have Parkinson, your risk may be significantly higher.

There are several changes to genes that can raise your risk for Parkinson’s, each by a little bit. They have a part in about 1 in 10 cases.

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