How to check for Parkinson's disease
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Parkinson's disease is a common disease in the elderly. Many elderly people don't understand the examination methods of Parkinson's disease and have doubts about their own conditions. How to check Parkinson's disease, I hope it can help you.
How to check for Parkinson's disease
One: routine laboratory examination: generally in the normal range, individual can have hyperlipidemia, diabetes, abnormal ECG and other changes.
Second: brain CT, MRI examination: generally no characteristic findings, elderly patients may have varying degrees of brain atrophy, ventricular enlargement, some patients with cerebral lacunar infarction, individual basal ganglia calcification.
Third: functional imaging detection: pet or SPECT with specific radionuclide detection. In the early stage of the disease, the activity of D2 dopamine receptor can be detected, including early hypersensitivity (compensatory stage), late hyposensitivity (decompensated stage) and decreased synthesis of dopamine transmitter, which are valuable for early diagnosis, differential diagnosis and monitoring of disease progression.
matters needing attention
The above examination methods are for Parkinson's disease. The above comprehensive examination can accurately determine whether the patient has Parkinson's disease. Once the patient is diagnosed as Parkinson's disease, it is necessary to choose scientific treatment methods as soon as possible, so that the patient can get the best rehabilitation.
