Parkinson's disease can also cause insomnia and depression

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Parkinson's disease is a common neurodegenerative disease, which is common in the elderly. The average age of onset is about 60 years old. It is rare in young people under 40 years old. 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 striatum content. We are most familiar with Parkinson's disease is the great scientist Hawking, we do not think that the disease is just physical inactivity, in fact, Parkinson's disease can also cause insomnia and depression!

Parkinson's disease can also cause insomnia and depression

1. Parkinson's disease can cause long-term insomnia. Parkinson's disease is a common disease in the elderly, which is a degenerative disease of the central nervous system. The typical symptoms of Parkinson's disease are dyskinesia, static tremor (head and limbs shaking and shaking involuntarily) and muscle stiffness. The study found that Parkinson's disease can also cause long-term insomnia.

2. Parkinson's disease can affect the spirit of patients, make patients appear depression, anxiety, cognitive impairment, hallucination, apathy and insomnia as the representative of sleep disorders. The incidence of insomnia in patients with moderate and severe Parkinson's disease is as high as eight layers, which can be manifested as difficulty in falling asleep, vivid dreams, easy to wake up and so on.

3. Because the middle-aged and elderly people are prone to insomnia and psychophysiological factors, with the growth of age, physical fitness is not as good as before, each system will inevitably have such and such discomfort, general gastrointestinal system diseases, cardiovascular system diseases are more likely to cause insomnia, so Parkinson's disease has a great impact on the sleep of patients!

matters needing attention

Maybe people's understanding of Parkinson's disease still stays on the irregular body and inconvenient activities. In fact, Parkinson's disease can cause insomnia and depression. So for patients with Parkinson's disease, we must give some understanding and support.