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Parkinson’s disease is a disease of nervous system in which there occurs low levels of dopamine in brain cells. Parkinson’s disease usually affects people above the age of sixty years. But age is no bar, it can affect person of any age, as the cases of Parkinson’s disease are also found among young or middle age patients but old age people are affected more, especially people above the age of sixty years.

Generalized oedema is a state or condition of body in which there occurs imbalance between forces causing filtration of body fluids and those causing absorption of body fluids resulting in net filtration or you can say responsible for net filtration in body.

Hyponatraemia is imbalanced state or condition of body in which serum sodium concentration becomes less than 135mEq/L or in other words you can say falls below 135mEq/L. It is also a sign indicating of dilution of body fluids by excess of water relative to total solute.

Hepatic encephalopathy is a syndrome which comes under the category of neuro-psychiatric disorder or syndrome. Or in other words, it is one of the types of neuro-psychiatric disorders or syndrome. In hepatic encephalopathy, there occurs disturbed consciousness and behaviour along with some personality changes. There is also found asterixis, which is a kind of tremors. Along with asterixis there is also found fluctuating neurologic signs.

Cirrhosis is degenerative disease of liver in which there occurs wide spread necrosis of liver cells and extensive fibrosis of liver tissue.  

Fulminant hepatic failure is a syndrome in which there occurs hepatic encephalopathy caused by sudden severe impairment of hepatic function or due to sudden severe hepatic malfunction. Fulminant hepatic failure is said to occur when hepatic encephalopathy occur within the four weeks of onset of symptoms and there is no pre-existing liver disease.

Viral hepatitis is infection of liver which occurs due to viruses of different kind. The different types of viruses which cause viral hepatitis are hepatitis A virus, hepatitis B virus, hepatitis C virus, hepatitis D virus and hepatitis E virus.

Ascites is diseased state or condition of body in which excess fluid gets accumulated within the peritoneal cavity, which causes various signs and symptoms in the body and also disturbs the healthy system of body.

When there occurs excess fluid accumulation within the peritoneal cavity, then this state or condition of peritoneal cavity is known as ascites.

Jaundice is diseased state of body in which there occurs yellow pigmentation of skin, mucous membrane and sclera by increased or raised levels of bilirubin in the blood.