SOME EARLY SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF PARKINSON'S
- Change in facial expression (staring, lack of blinking)
- Failure to swing one arm when walking
- Flexion (stooped) posture
- "Frozen" painful shoulder
- Limping or dragging of one leg
- Numbness, tingling, achiness or discomfort of the neck or limbs
- Softness of the voice
- Subjective sensation of internal trembling
- Resting tremor
Source: Signs and Symptoms | University of Maryland Medical Center http://umm.edu/programs/parkinsons/health/symptoms#ixzz2e1szfqUC University of Maryland Medical Center
To these, I will add one more:
- frequent bouts of foot cramping.
These are early signs, as the disease progresses, the symptoms become more pronounced and one or more of the following symptoms will become more disruptive:
- Tremor
- Rigidity
- Akinesia (lack of movement or loss of spontaneous movement)
- Bradykinesia (slowness of movement)
- Problems with walking and posture.
More about Parkinson's
- In the 1600's, some people felt that eating earthworms could help resolve parkinson's issues
- Japanese women are more likely to develop parkinson's than are Japanese men.
- I believe heredity plays a role. Both of my parents began to shake as they got older. Literature says that heredity only increases one's chance of developing the disease and doesn't mean it is inevitable. The fact is, science just doesn't know.
- Lastly, it is thought dinosaurs may have been victims of the disease, scientists call it "Jurassic Parkinson's"
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