Consequences of Parkinson's disease

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What are the consequences of Parkinson's disease? The onset of Parkinson's disease is slow, with the development of the disease, the symptoms will continue to worsen, serious can lead to patients can not take care of themselves.

Consequences of Parkinson's disease

Consequence 1: the gradual loss of physical motor function: the symptoms of Parkinson's patients generally begin from one side, and then gradually spread to the contralateral limbs, the effect of the treatment is gradually reduced, and the side effects are more and more obvious. In the middle and late stage, it will affect swallowing, vocalization, turning over difficulty at night, insomnia and so on. Severe patients in the late because of muscle contracture, joint stiffness and bed. 　　

The second consequence: the heart is closed and away from the society: Parkinson's patients are afraid of colleagues or friends laughing because of the tremor of their limbs and inconvenience of movement, and they unconsciously close themselves up and stay away from the familiar life and work circle. Stay at home all day. In this way, the disease is progressing, the symptoms are aggravating, and the mood becomes abnormal. Many patients have different degrees of depression and anxiety symptoms. 　　

Consequence 3: the family burden is gradually increasing: with the aggravation of Parkinson's disease, the family will face more and more heavy human and economic burden. The patient needs one or two special people to take care of the patient's basic life from the occasional need for care.

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In the early stage, due to the rigidity of the upper arm and finger muscles, the patient's upper limbs often can't do fine movements, such as untiing the shoelaces, buttoning and other movements become much slower than before, or can't complete smoothly at all. Writing is also becoming more and more difficult. The handwriting is curved, and the smaller the writing is, the less muscle movement of the face is. Patients rarely blink, and the rotation of their eyes is also reduced. Their expression is dull, as if they are wearing a mask. It is called "mask face" in medicine. Another is olfactory decline: Patients with Parkinson's disease, most patients will have symptoms of olfactory decline or lack after the disease. The odor discrimination test score showed that 90% of the patients' scores of distinguishing different odors were lower than the normal range, and 75% of the patients' sensitivity to the acute threshold decreased. These defects also belong to the serious consequences of Parkinson's disease.