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Adolf Hitler and His Parkinsonism
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Ann Indian Acad Neurol
2015[Oct]; 18
(4
): 387-90
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Research works have suggested almost incontrovertibly, that Adolf Hitler suffered
from Parkinsonism. However, the precise nature of his illness had always been
controversial and post-encephalitic and idiopathic varieties were the ones which
were most commonly thought as the possible etiology. He displayed features like
oculogyric crisis, palilalia, and autonomic symptoms which strongly implicate
post-encephalitic etiology in the genesis of his illness. Others on the contrary,
observed premorbid personality traits like non-flinching mental rigidity, extreme
inflexibility, and awesome pedantry; which are often observed in idiopathic
Parkinson's disease. Moreover, nonmotor symptoms like disturbed sleep, proneness
to temper tantrums, phases of depression, suspiciousness, and lack of trust on
colleagues have also been described by various authors. Additionally, he was
prescribed methamphetamine by his personal doctor and that might have led to the
development of some of the later traits in his personality.