Symptoms of Parkinson's disease

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Parkinson's disease is also called idiopathic Parkinson's disease, also known as tremor paralysis. The main symptoms are: static tremor, bradycardia and reduction, increased muscle tension, postural instability and other symptoms. This disease is a common neurodegenerative disease in middle-aged and elderly people, and it is also the most common extrapyramidal disease in middle-aged and elderly people. The prevalence rate of the population is 1000 / 100000, mainly in the elderly over 65 years old. Patients over 50 years old account for more than 90% of the total number of patients with chronic progressive disease. After 5-8 years, about half of the patients need help. With the increase of age, the prevalence rate of men is higher than that of women.

Symptoms of Parkinson's disease

When Parkinson's disease is in the advanced stage, it will affect the muscles of the throat. At this time, the tension of the muscles of the throat will increase, and there will be ankylosis, which makes the voice of Parkinson's patients become particularly low, and sometimes they will salivate involuntarily.

With Parkinson's disease, especially in some advanced patients, even the eye muscles will be stiff. Once this happens, the eye movement of patients will become very slow. In the eyes of outsiders, Parkinson's patients often present a state of gaze, and sometimes it is difficult to swallow.

Of course, Parkinson's disease patients in addition to the body can still tremor, there will be other symptoms. For example, people with this disease will have a rise in muscle tension throughout the body. This disease can lead to muscle rigidity. Will make the patient trunk and limbs muscle tension increased, resulting in limb stretching difficulties.

matters needing attention

People with Parkinson's disease usually have difficulty in exercising in the late stage, which is mainly due to the autonomic nerve dysfunction caused by Parkinson's disease, which will slow down the patient's daily activities, such as turning over to get up, walking upright, or wearing clothes and combing hair.