What are the symptoms of Parkinson's disease

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Last weekend, the school organized our class to visit some lonely elderly people in the nursing home. Some of them suffered from Parkinson's disease, also known as Alzheimer's disease. Let's talk about the symptoms of Parkinson's disease.

What are the symptoms of Parkinson's disease

First: Parkinson's disease is a common neurological disorder, mainly affecting the elderly, mostly after the age of 60. Its symptoms are involuntary tremor of hands, head or mouth, muscle rigidity, slow movement and posture balance disorder, which lead to the inability to take care of themselves. Dr. James Parkinson, a British physician, was the first to systematically describe the disease. The disease was named after this, including boxing champion Ali and the late Pope Paul II.

Second: Parkinson's disease is a common neurodegenerative disease in the elderly, the etiology is not clear, there are four major characteristics: static tremor, myotonia, decreased movement, postural instability. Parkinson's syndrome is similar but different from Parkinson's disease. The difference is that the etiology of Parkinson's syndrome is clear, that is, any direct or indirect cause of dopamine damage.

Third: there are several common Parkinson's syndrome: drug-induced. These drugs, including haloperidol, chlorpromazine, metoclopramide, reserpine and methyldopa, may cause Parkinson's syndrome. Vascular. Cerebral infarction or cerebral hemorrhage can directly or indirectly affect the function of dopamine system. Poisoning. Including heavy metal, gas poisoning.

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For patients with Parkinson's disease, their families should be more patient with them, because at this time, they will basically lose some basic ability to work, and they will feel very hard in everything in life, and need everyone to help them.