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PSP & CBD Facts
1. PSP and CBD are terminal degenerative brain diseases.
2. PSP and CBD progressively destroy motor skills, causing ultimate paralysis.
3. PSP robs people of their ability to walk, talk, eat, drink and see. Patients become unable to communicate, although they may remain mentally alert.
4. PSP symptoms include backward falls and problems with vision. Misdiagnosis includes Parkinson's disease, Stroke, Alzheimer's disease, Motor Neurone Disease and Depression.
5. CBD is also frquently misdiagnosed, most commonly as stroke or brain tumour because it initally affects one side of the body before progressively spreading to affect the other side.
6. The causes of PSP and CBD are unknown.
7. There is NO treatment and NO cure for either PSP or CBD.
8. It is estimated that around 10,000 people have PSP.
9. PSP mainly affects the over 40s.
10. The PSP Association is the only UK charity dedicated to helping people with PSP and CBD. The charity was established in 1994.