Parkinson’s patients with stiff facial expressions can apply levodopa preparations to alleviate the symptoms.
Parkinson’s disease is a progressive disease whose clinical manifestations include stiffness of the patient’s facial as well as limb muscles. The symptoms of stiffness can be improved when patients take levodopa preparations. However, the efficacy of this drug may decrease after prolonged application of the drug. Patients may experience adverse reactions, including nausea, vomiting, and low blood pressure. Hallucinations as well as vertigo may even occur.
If the patient experiences generalized rigidity again, the patient will need to increase the dose of the drug or use it in conjunction with other medications to control the progression of the disease, which may improve the generalized rigidity symptoms. Functional training can also be used, such as the patient insisting on performing movements such as puffing out the cheeks, showing the teeth, lifting the eyebrows, and whistling in front of a mirror, in order to alleviate the symptoms of facial stiffness.
Parkinson’s patients need to seek timely medical treatment and functional training under the guidance of the doctor, and strictly comply with the doctor’s instructions for the use of medication.