Nursing care of Parkinson's disease

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The precursor of Parkinson's disease has many symptoms, hand shaking is a more obvious symptom. Parkinson's disease tremor is more common in the head and limbs, most obvious in the hand, fingers show a thick rhythmic tremor (rubbing ball like movement). Tremor often appears at rest in the early stage, disappears during random movement and sleep, and aggravates when emotional excitement. Tremor can be persistent in the late stage. Parkinson's disease alone will not affect life and cause death. In terms of treatment, medoba, Antan, Longyuan Xichan decoction, levodopa and other drugs are recommended, and in terms of operation, brain pacemaker is recommended, However, there may be some conditions in the late stage of Parkinson's disease, which may lead to accelerated weakness of the patient's body.

Nursing care of Parkinson's disease

Nearly 80% of PD patients have different degrees of sleep problems, including insomnia, sleep apnea, rapid eye movement (REM) sleep behavior disorders, periodic limb movement disorders and excessive daytime sleepiness. Some patients come to the hospital for treatment because of self injury or wounding behavior during sleep, and are diagnosed as early Parkinson's disease, while insomnia or sleepiness are often ignored.

It's normal for many people to feel unhappy today. When you feel depressed, tired all day and have chronic pain all over the body, you may endure it silently or go into the psychological counseling center. However, you may as well open your mind and find a Parkinson's specialist to help you make a differential diagnosis.

Gastrointestinal problems have been recognized as part of the symptoms of Parkinson's disease. These include tooth deterioration, excessive saliva, dysphagia, slow emptying of the gastrointestinal tract, and constipation. Food is the most important thing for the people. When these digestive tract problems appear, eating is not delicious. Please be alert to Parkinson's disease.

matters needing attention

When your family members or feel that they are not as smart as before, or even have some illusions and delusions, and their personalities and temperaments change, don't easily feel that "people are getting old", or maybe "sick". Cognitive impairment is more prominent in the whole course of Parkinson's disease, especially in the middle and late stages, which is related to the development of the disease and the role of drugs. Depression, Alzheimer's disease and schizophrenia need to be well differentiated.