Symptoms of Parkinson’s Disease

Each year thousands are diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease. Health experts at Lee Memorial Health System say the patient will often have the disease for a few years before showing signs.

Dr. Wendy Bond, a neurologist with Lee Memorial Health System, says tremors and difficulty walking are typically the first things patients with Parkinson’s disease notice. However, she says there are several symptoms that will occur before the tremors, like fatigue, depression, anxiety, even some memory loss.

“Parkinson’s disease is caused by a loss of dopamine within the brain. When you have a loss of the dopamine it produces a loss of motor symptoms, particularly difficulty walking, you have instability, rigidity, either on the right side or the left side and it can also produce a resting tremor” said Dr. Bond.

That was the case with Joe Tenton. He was 39 years old when he was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease. “It started out, my brother-in-law came over to my house and he saw me limping and he said Joe why are you limping? I said, I don’t know. Within a few months after being diagnosed, it went to my right side and I had tremors and then it went down to my left side. My hands lock up, my arm locks up, and I can’t even move my fingers.”

Dr. Bond says Parkinson’s disease is unilateral, often causing stiffness on one side of the body first. As the disease progresses, patients can develop a change in their facial appearance and have trouble with their handwriting. While the cause is unknown, Dr. Bond says genetic testing can be done to determine if someone has early onset Parkinson’s disease.

Lee Memorial Health System in Fort Myers, FL is the largest network of medical care facilities in Southwest Florida and is highly respected for its expertise, innovation and quality of care. For nearly a century, we’ve been providing our community with everything from primary care treatment to highly specialized care services and robotic assisted surgeries.

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TRACKING improvement

FIRST STEP: a UPDRS test, a push test with video, a walking and turning test with video, a talking test with video and possibly a writing test with video, standing from seated on hard back chair video with your arms crossed. These videos are kept on file to be used for comparison with future videos. This is a fairly accurate means of documenting improvements over time as it is actually fairly easy for some people to not realize how much they have improved over time.

[tinagregory]

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[hopelessgoldenstar]

I'm very confused, why Is everyone say ok?

[jazldazl]

Apparently loss of smell, constipation and diminished size of handwriting are other indicators

[aaronbeane]

I'd say high functioning anxiety. Worry too much uncontrollably sometimes. Stress also fries the nerves. That how it feels for me. A day is a day.

[karthickchandrasekaran]

My father had parkinson's disease.
I thought my tremor problems are from my grandfather (drinking problems ) -mother side.
How much of chance that i may face onset....

[zuheralbaiaty]

my gradma has parkinson deiease im very sad

[barbarahilliard]

My Papa had Parkinsons in his thirties and lived to be 75.

[jessicacalinao]

Can it affect your speech? My Grampa Shantz had it but he also had strokes. He had his first stroke when he was 66 and apparently also was diagnosed with Parkinson’s all this after he retired.

[KenBober]

I'm 38 and my symptoms have been showing for years. Been to several doctors and I've had several different diagnoses. Non of the doctors take into consideration that my grandfather and great grandfather both had Parkinson's before they hit 40. What's the point of family history if they all refuse to teste for it. I feel like a lab rat. "LETS TRY THIS SINCE THE LAST 6 TESTS THAT ARE NOT TESTING FOR PARKINSON'S DIDNT SHOW ANYTHING" im done with doctors.

[keitymarley]

Parkinson disease is a very terrible illness, my Dad suffered from it for 19 years until we finally got a help and a medicine that truly works that helped treat, cure and reversed all his symptoms. My Dad is well again..

[notramesses]

Who's here because of Glenn Tipton?

[tonyarmstronggames]

Dude I'm 13 and I might have Parkinson

[iceagebaby]

Ok
Lel out of all the “okays” why am I highlighted I must be THE CHOSEN ONE

[idk-troq]

I think I have it but I'm 15 so I'm not too sure since it's predominately found in 50 year old males and higher

[horbaxtomero]

I want to appreciate Dr Madida from youtube whom helped me reversed all the neurological symptoms of Parkinson disease

[halituresin]

broooo im 16 and on 31 dec my right hand started to shake by its own mostly the outter side of my palm and it continued until today 2 january what i should doooo????

[lizzynatir]

Great things Dr Madida on YouTube has being doing for mankind, I undergo his Parkinson disease treatment plan for weeks and my Parkinson Disease  was completely reversed💫...

[zuheralbaiaty]

plz help
(super sad for grandma thia is true i swear plz)

[Bushcraft]

My wife has to retire shaking hands forgets things