Parkinson's disease is an example of a degenerative disease which is a neurodegenerative disorder that mainly affects your movement and can also cause tremors, rigidity and even slow your movement.
Other examples of degenerative diseases are osteoarthritis, osteoporosis and Alzheimer's disease.
Degenerative diseases are chronic conditions in which tissues and organs progressively deteriorate or lose their function over time.
The degenerative diseases can also affect various parts of your body, including your brain, joints, muscles and your spinal discs.
Some of these degenerative diseases can be treated to manage the symptoms and slow the progression of the disease but are not often curable.
Examples of chronic progressive diseases are cystic fibrosis, end stage renal disease, Type 2 diabetes, heart failure, muscle dystrophy, osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, Huntington's disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's disease and Alzheimer's disease.
Osteoporosis, stroke, Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and even arthritis are also examples of chronic progressive diseases.
Chronic progressive diseases are health conditions or diseases that get worse over time and lead to a gradual increase in the symptoms and the severity of the disease.
Examples of some chronic progressive diseases are some forms of dementia, muscular dystrophy and Parkinson's disease.
These chronic progressive diseases require ongoing medical treatment.
Basically when a disease is chronic and progressive it means that the disease and symptoms and severity of the disease will increase and progress over time and get worse.
Some chronic progressive diseases may be life long or may only last for a year or two or longer and require ongoing medical attention or you may also need to limit daily activities that can worsen the chronic progressive diseases.
The progression of the chronic progressive disease can lead to disability which can be significant or even impact quality of life and may make it hard to work or cause you to not be able to work eventually.
Some symptoms of the chronic progressive diseases can be managed although many of the chronic progressive diseases cannot be cured.