Woman With Parkinson’s Creates App To Help Track Symptoms (VIDEO)

If you or someone you know has Parkinson's disease, you're likely aware there is no cure. However, there could be treatments in the future thanks to technology that is capturing

data in real-time. Aura Oslapas created the app called StrivePD. As someone living with Parkinson's, she wanted to develop an easier way to track symptoms associated with the

disease. That includes moments when she feels off as she waits for her medications to kick in."I feel rigid. I feel slow, My leg will start to shake," Oslapas said. "And you just

feel like somebody sort of, like, put a hood over you."Parkinson's is a neurodegenerative disease that affects your movement through dopamine depletion. The Parkinson's Foundation

said it's the second-most common neurodegenerative disease after Alzheimer's disease."There's a common saying that if you've met with one person with Parkinson's, you've met one

person with Parkinson's," Oslapas said. "Because the symptoms vary so much."Medical experts say people living with Parkinson's can experience symptoms such as tremors, sleep

difficulties, digestion issues, fatigue, brain fog, anxiety and more. Oslapas says managing Parkinson's symptoms and medications is a full-time job."I found myself suddenly making

spreadsheets to track my medication, to try to figure out if there were patterns of what was going on," Oslapas said.She created the free app StrivePD because she wanted to find

new ways to improve her quality of life and the lives of others. It uses a smartwatch to log symptoms, side effects, medications and well-being. Without an Apple Watch, a person

can still monitor symptoms and set medication reminders, but the big benefit of pairing it with an Apple Watch is that it can easily share all the data with a doctor.KNXV: This

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four times a year for 15 to 30 minutes, and it's challenging for patients to go into a doctor's appointment and be able to quickly communicate what's going on," Oslapas said.Amanda

Hare understands that frustration, as a former nurse practitioner who cared for hundreds of Parkinson's patients."And when we're talking about one thing, and something else is

happening, I could be giving them the wrong treatment and actually worsen their symptoms," Hare said. "So with using StrivePD and having that data to pull up, clinicians can really

get to understand what's going on."Hare now works as a senior clinician specialist with Rune Labs. Rune Labs is a precision medicine company that uses StrivePD to capture patient