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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Health
Rebecca Whittaker

‘I was told I was too young to have Parkinson’s at 35 – these were the signs’

A man who was diagnosed with Parkinson’s in his thirties after struggling to walk had been told he was “too young” to have the disease.

Toussaint Smith, 39, from west London, started to feel physically drained and more clumsy than usual in late 2019.

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