Parkinson's Non-Motor Symptoms - Exhaustion, That's What It Is

People with Parkinson's disease often feel bored and wonder, is this also a symptom of Parkinson's disease?

The typical symptoms of Parkinson's are resting tremor, bradykinesia, muscle rigidity and postural instability, but gradually some non-motor symptoms gradually appear in front of everyone, such as insomnia, loss of smell, constipation, etc., and it is easy to feel fatigued. One of the non-motor symptoms of Kinson's disease.

Nearly 50% of Parkinson's disease patients will experience severe fatigue. Fatigue brings no less harm to Parkinson's disease patients than motor symptoms such as tremor and muscle rigidity. , This kind of fatigue becomes more and more obvious and serious, which has a serious impact on the patient's psychology and life.

So why do people with Parkinson's disease experience such fatigue? There is no definite cause, but it is thought to be related to persistent tremors and stiffness of the limbs, which can cause patients to spend more energy completing their work and are therefore more prone to fatigue. If the fatigue is due to symptoms of Parkinson's disease, it can be improved by taking anti-Parkinson's disease drugs.

There are also poor sleep states, sleep disorders, patients with depression or dementia, etc., which can also lead to different degrees of fatigue in patients, but it is still difficult to really solve the fatigue state of patients with Parkinson's disease. Many patients say that the fatigue they feel after suffering from Parkinson's disease is different from the fatigue they felt before the disease. This fatigue cannot be relieved by rest and is persistent.

At present, the mechanism of the fatigue state in patients with Parkinson's disease is still unclear, which leads to the lack of targeted treatment. Comprehensive treatment that may cause fatigue can only be excluded based on the patient's condition, including the use of anti-Parkinson's disease drugs, lifestyle adjustments, and improved sleep conditions. Patients can also use appropriate physical exercise to improve their fatigue. Some walks have significantly improved the condition.