Parkinson’s syndrome symptoms occur in three stages namely the initial stage, the later stage and the advanced stage.
At the onset of the disease a patient experiences mild to moderate tremble of one or both hands while at rest, a feeling of being slow and heavy, inclination to tire more, muscular stiffness, loss of skill in the fingers and thumb in areas such as writing, buttoning and unbuttoning, shaving, playing the piano, brushing and combing the hair.
There is also the existence of cognitive disorders such as the loss of memory, poor concentration, slowness in thinking, difficulty in planning and solving problems, forgetfulness, lack of motivation and language difficulties.
Other symptoms are sensory, sleep and emotional problems, confusion, fainting and hallucinations. A person may also develop leanness due to malnutrition. This can occur when both throat and neck muscles become rigid.
In later time, the patient can become depressed, he losses appetite, his muscles become rigid, he develops a permanent rigid stoop, walks by dragging his feet, drools, shows a fixed facial expression and speech becomes impaired, he speaks slower and in a quiet and monotonous way.
In the advanced stage, he experiences dementia or insanity and the body becomes rigid as limps gradually stiffen. Dementia occurs in a third of patients.
The primary symptoms of the disease are the tremble during rest, muscle rigidity and slow or retarded movement. Usually the tremble and slowness begin in a single limb such as the hand or the foot then progresses to another limp on the same side of the body. Typically the hands become affected before the feet.
Although Parkinson’s can occur in children, a situation that is known as juvenile parkinson’s disease, symptoms usually show when one is over 50 years. It may also occur in teens or young adults that are children who are not more than twenty years. At times, patients may hide the symptoms and this, results in them being discovered at a later time. Majority of sufferers are over 60 years old. Typically the disease occurs in men more than in women.
Four major ways exist by which one can recognize the symptoms of parkinson’s syndrome, the first is to watch for signs of trembling in the hands, arms, legs, jaws or face. Trembling occurs when there is damage to the nerve cells of the section of the brain responsible for muscle movement.
The second step is to be wary of stiffness in the arms and legs. This condition could slow one’s movement entirely so as to make him unable to keep pace even with children. Muscle stiffness is sometimes mistaken for arthritis.
Step three is to be wary of the more serious symptoms such as difficulty in talking, eating due to dysfunction of the neck and throat muscles, dressing up, easy loss of memory or forgetfulness as these could lead to advanced cases such as insomnia and depression.
Finally, visit a doctor on experiencing either one or all of these signs.
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