What to know about mental health for people with Parkinson’s disease

Parkinson’s disease is a disease that gradually makes people unable to move freely, many people with the disease, the body changes, life is affected to varying degrees, thus affecting the psychological also happen some changes, the patient’s psychological problems can not be ignored, bad psychological emotions, do not care, do not understand, and directly affect the patient’s physical treatment and quality of life. Parkinson’s disease patients psychological changes will occur? The following is Professor Wang Xuelian’s detailed introduction to the psychological problems that often occur in patients with Parkinson’s disease: Emotional changes After the disease, the role of the disease has changed, from a healthy person to a patient, the body is not under self-control, become slow, stiff, trembling more than to do things to become more than enough to do, in-depth understanding of the disease, the slow progress of the disease, the need for long-term medication, the not-so-small economic burden, easy to make the patient to produce depression, anxiety, irritability and other adverse effects. , anxiety, irritability and other bad emotions. Self-esteem frustration before the disease can be self-reliant, after the disease, many things are unable to do, to rely on family members, easy to degrade themselves, feel that they are a burden on their families, become sensitive, lose confidence in life, low self-esteem, and so on. Dependency enhancement Many elderly people suffering from Parkinson’s disease, become afraid, afraid of being alone at home or go out to see a doctor, can not go, how to aggravate the condition, can not always leave their partners or children, lack of security, dependency enhancement. Fear Many patients are afraid to go out, afraid of body trembling, stiffness or retardation, abnormal posture, attracting the attention of others, with “strange” look at themselves. These psychological changes of patients should not be ignored, family members or health care workers should understand, care for, encourage patients, adjust the mindset, active treatment, scientific standardization of medication or take pacemaker surgery, adhere to the targeted rehabilitation exercise, can effectively control the symptoms, so that the patient can live a self-care life, so as to improve the quality of life.