Reading Comprehension (Unseen) Passage Set - 9

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Reading Comprehension (Unseen) Passage Set - 9

Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow :-

Ballygunge : Sudden change in behaviour or getting slow in everyday work among these approaching 60 could be the first signs of Parkinsons, doctors said at a meet on Wednesday, World Parkinson's day. The symptoms can be controlled and the quality of life improved with proper medication, physiotherapy and deep brain stimulus, They said. The disease is incurable, though. ''When someone above 50 develops tremors in the hand and if the shaking is more in one hand or leg, it points to Parkinson's disease,'' Hrishikesh Kumar, head of neurology, Institute of Neurosciences Kolkata, said. ''One should look out for symptoms like stiffness and slurring of Spech'' Kumar was speaking at a programme, ''Living with Parkinson's – Meet the Experts & Share your Expriences,'' in association with  The  Telegraph, in the city on  Wednesday. Care Continuum, which organised the event, provides bedside nurses for patients under medical supervisior. Patients with their family members apart from doctors of various desciplines such as neurosurgery, psychiatry and physiotherapy, which are all involved in the treatment of the disease, attended the meet.

A) State whether the following sentences are True or False. Write 'T' for the True and 'F' for the False :-

i) Parkinson's disease is curable. 

ii) Sudden change in behaviour can be the first sign of Parkinsons. 

iii) The awareness programme on Parkinson's was organised in association with The Stateman. 

iv) Only doctors attended the programme. 

B) Answer each of the following questions in about 30 words :-

i) How can the quality of life of patients with Parkinson's be improved? 

ii) What points to Parkinson's disease? 

iii) Who attended the meet?