Symptoms of Parkinson's disease at different stages

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Recently, my grandfather is always grumpy and unwilling to eat or exercise. My family is very worried about him, and I don't know what's going on. My medical cousin told me that my grandfather seems to have Parkinson's disease. When I went to the hospital for an examination, the doctor gave me advice on Parkinson's disease. And each period of Parkinson's disease has some symptoms. Let me tell you about the symptoms of each period of Parkinson's disease.

Symptoms of Parkinson's disease at different stages

Symptom 1: the initial symptoms mainly include tremor, stiffness and tardiness. Uncontrollable tremors of the hands and legs of the patients occurred continuously, especially at rest. Tremors usually begin with one hand or leg, and then gradually develop to the same side of the body. The muscles of the hands and feet become stiff. When the patients straighten or bend the hands and feet, they will find that there is greater resistance in this part, and the movement is as difficult as turning a gear. This stiffness can lead to muscle soreness or inability to straighten. Slow movements include dysgraphia, the smaller the font, sitting for a long time without changing the posture, difficulty in starting and stopping, and lack of facial expression. In clinical medicine, this kind of symptom is called the early symptoms of Parkinson's disease. These symptoms are similar to some other diseases, so it is easy to be misdiagnosed.

Symptom 2: the mid-term symptoms mainly include: from one side of the body to both sides; drug efficacy appears "on-off" phenomenon, during the two medication, because the drug failed to produce effect and lost the ability to interact, like turning off the power supply; walking and posture are affected, walking feet can not be lifted, walking mop the floor; loss of balance, easy to fall, walking hands lack of swing, due to After starting, the patient is used to rushing forward with quick and broken steps to keep the center of gravity stable; the speed of turning the body becomes slower, but the patient can still maintain the ability of self-care. In clinical medicine, this kind of symptom is called the mid-term symptom. Although this kind of symptom is more common in clinical medicine, we must choose the surgical treatment.

Symptom 3: the late symptoms are as follows: the condition worsens further, the walking is obviously affected, and even completely loses the ability of action; the patient loses the ability of self-care and needs the care of others; it is difficult to speak and swallow; the body has some "involuntary movements", namely "dyskinesia"; the limbs and joints are twisted and deformed. In clinical medicine, this kind of symptom is called the late Parkinson's disease symptom, but this kind of symptom is rare, once appears, it will be very serious.

matters needing attention

In addition to the above main symptoms, Parkinson's disease patients will also have some other symptoms: language disorders, low volume, slow speed, dysphonia and other problems due to the influence of language ability; dysphagia, dysphagia, drooling, choking and coughing when drinking water; excessive skin oil secretion, such as oil surface; joint swelling; weight loss; severe constipation, Urinary incontinence; impaired sexual ability; frequent dozing; cramps and muscle pain; emotional depression; waking up during sleep at night. In clinical medicine, Parkinson's disease has many kinds of symptoms. There are many reasons for Parkinson's disease. Most of the reasons are genetic factors, or the psychological stress of the elderly is too high, or the elderly suffered from depression in the early stage. In the process of treatment, there are many kinds of treatment methods, we must choose a suitable method for patients.