# Parkinson's disease: Not just an 'older person's' illness

https://mins.news/en/item/46290

- CGTN, 2026-09-02 16:22 UTC
- Health
- Original: https://newsaf.cgtn.com/news/2026-09-03/Parkinson-s-disease-Not-just-an-older-person-s-illness-1Q7cpgynOHC/p.html?UTM_Source=cgtn&UTM_Medium=rss&UTM_Campaign=World

> Nduta Mbogori recalls experiencing ankle pain and neck and shoulder discomfort as a child in Kenya, followed by tremors at 15 or 16, years before living with a Parkinson’s diagnosis. She now advocates for greater understanding, stressing that tremors are only one of more than 40 motor and non-motor symptoms and that stigma remains a major burden.