What are the symptoms of Parkinson’s disease and how to treat it

Parkinson’s disease, formerly known as tremor palsy, is a common chronic progressive neurodegenerative disease caused by progressive reduction of dopamine due to degeneration and degeneration of dopamine neurons in the substantia nigra of the brain. The typical manifestations are tremor of the limbs, muscle rigidity and generalized slowing of movement. Other manifestations include reduced facial expressions, low speech, reduced blinking and swallowing, drooling, smaller and smaller writing, reduced natural swing of the affected upper limb when walking, sudden “freezing” of the leg when stepping, dragging of the affected foot, unstable posture, and depressed mood. The initial symptom of this disorder is tremor of the hands when sitting down and resting, which disappears when moving. Gradually, the symptoms worsen and spread throughout the body, with stiffness and rigidity of the limbs, deterioration of balance and coordination, and depression and psychiatric disorders. The onset of Parkinson’s disease is slow and the initial symptoms often go unnoticed, and many patients are misdiagnosed as having cerebrovascular disease, for example. Parkinson’s disease itself is not a fatal disease and generally does not affect life expectancy, but it does affect a person’s quality of life. The cause of Parkinson’s disease is still unknown, but scholars agree that it is related to progressive aging factors, genetic factors and environmental factors. Treatment Parkinson’s disease is still a difficult disease to cure, drug therapy is the most basic treatment for Parkinson’s disease. The main types of drugs are as follows: 1. Anticholinergic drugs: Antan. (Discontinued for those with glaucoma). 2, dopamine replacement therapy: levodopa, Medopa, Parkinin. 3, Amantadine. 4.Dopaminergic receptor agonists: bromocriptine, Xelianxing, Tamsulosin. For patients with poor drug treatment, no other organic lesions in the brain, younger, especially unilateral limb tremor can choose surgical treatment. Surgical treatment includes deep brain nucleus destruction and deep brain electrical stimulation. Other precautions: Along with medication, proper rehabilitation and a good attitude are extremely important for patients. For these patients, they should be allowed to have more contact with others and practice more speech. The more inactive and non-speaking they are, the more serious their condition will become. The patient’s living room should be kept warm and ventilated; a humid and depressing environment will aggravate the disease. Patients should be asked to pay attention to walking exercise, hand exercise (you can practice daily life movements such as buttoning, writing, folding paper, etc.), facial training (you can practice blowing, breathing in, puffing cheeks, angry mouth, lifting forehead, opening mouth, frowning, stretching tongue, squeezing eyes, etc. to help facial muscle movement) and language training (language exercise, you can practice pronunciation, heart: word, counting, etc. to exercise speech). Also an optimistic attitude and mood are especially important. Unfortunately, Parkinson’s disease is still a disease with a high disability rate but cannot be cured, and there is no effective means of prevention. Here, we remind everyone not to believe in advertisements, and to go to the neurology department of an authoritative hospital in time to get the right diagnosis and treatment and improve the quality of life. We hope that with the rapid development of science and technology, we will be able to cure Parkinson’s disease in the near future.