Is Parkinson's a symptom?

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Many people are not unfamiliar with Parkinson's disease, but because they don't understand the symptoms of Parkinson's disease, many manifestations are ignored, until the disease has reached the middle and late stage, but missed the best treatment period, forming a lifelong regret. So is Parkinson's disease a symptom? Let's talk about it

Is Parkinson's a symptom?

Posture and gait: the face is stiff and the shape is like a mask; The head leans forward, the trunk leans forward, and the elbow and knee joints bend slightly; The walking distance is small, the first step is slow, and the faster you walk, the more tense you walk, and the two upper limbs don't swing back and forth.

Tremor: it is more common in the head and limbs, especially in the hands. The fingers show a thick stop tremor. The typical performance is "rubbing nine" tremor between the thumb and the flexed index finger. With the development of the disease, tremor gradually involves all the limbs, and even affects the trunk

Muscle stiffness: the tension of extensor and flexor muscles are increased, and there is a gear like or lead tube like sense of resistance when forced to move. It is called gear like rigidity or lead tube like rigidity separately. Dyskinesia: it is related to stiff muscles. For example, stiff pronunciation muscles lead to difficulty in pronunciation, stiff finger muscles make it impossible to take care of oneself in daily life, such as daily life, washing and eating

matters needing attention

In the early stage, patients can take care of themselves, but in the middle stage, most patients need some help. Terminal patients need care in their daily life. Patients with dysphagia and drinking water coughing can be given nasal feeding diet. Long term bedridden should turn over and pat back regularly to avoid the occurrence of bedsore and falling pneumonia. Patients with urinary incontinence need catheterization.