What is Parkinson's disease

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What is Parkinson's disease? The main pathological change of Parkinson's disease is the degeneration and death of dopaminergic neurons in substantia nigra, which leads to the significant decrease of Da content in striatum.

What is Parkinson's disease

First: the gradual loss of body movement function: the symptoms of Parkinson's patients generally begin from unilateral onset, and then gradually spread to the contralateral limb, 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.

Second: the heart is locked 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 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.

Third: 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.

matters needing attention

If unfortunately suffering from this disease, we have to go to the regular hospital for scientific and effective treatment.