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Showing posts with label Non-motor. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Non-motor. Show all posts

Monday, November 16, 2015

Parkinson's Symptoms - 70 and counting Part one


What do you picture when you think of a person with Parkinson's?  Tremors, slow movement, shuffled walk, the basics I guess.  I was surprised to find how full bodied this disease actually can be.  It seems to affect nearly all portions of the body in some way. 
 Since the more I looked the more I found, I started making a list.  It grew and grew to a point that I decided to share this.  It was becoming larger than I every imagined.  To date, my list includes over 70 items linked to Parkinson's Disease.  I've split them into two groups, Motor and non-motor.  This post will cover the Non-Motor symptoms.  I've attached  reference for each symptom listed so click away for more information. However, keep in mind that everyone is different and if you're afflicted with Parkinson's you may get some combination of these symptoms and not necessarily all of them.
If you know of any additional symptoms or question anything listed I'd love to hear from you.

Non-MOTOR

Hallucinations and also here
Confusion - delusions/paranoid overtones
Cognitive dysfunction - executive
Dementia
Short term memory - recent events
Difficulty making decisions
Multi-tasking
Visuospatial skills difficulties judging distances
Slowed cognitive speed (Bradyphrenia).
Language dysfunction and also here
Attention difficulties
Psychosis
Impulse control

Mood disorders
depression
anxiety
apathy/abulia
anhedonia
fatigue
Alexithymia -  a personality trait characterized by difficulties identifying and describing feelings and a reduced tendency to think about emotions.

Sleep disturbances
Sleep fragmentation
Initial Insomnia
Excessive daytime sleepiness - somnolence.
REM sleep behavioral disorder (RBD) - vivid dreams, acting out

Autonomic dysfunction
Urinary urgency/frequency
Constipation and also here
Orthostasis
Sexual dysfunction and/or lack of interest 
Excess perspiration - abnormal sweating
Difficulty swallowing

Smell
Olfactory dysfunction
   lack of smell
   phantom smells

Dermatological
Seborrhea
Oily skin

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