Initial Symptoms Of Parkinson's Disease That Can Lead To Misdiagnosis

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Parkinson's disease is a progressive disease, with tremors and rigidity in the early stage, and difficulty in taking care of oneself in the later stages of life. Currently, the prevalence of Parkinson's disease among people over 65 years old is as high as 1.7%. However, the misdiagnosis rate of this disease is also high, and further examination is required to confirm the diagnosis, especially since the early symptoms are hidden and easily overlooked.

According to experts, in addition to the common motor symptoms such as tremor and stiffness, the symptoms of Parkinson's disease are easily overlooked non-motor symptoms such as depression, insomnia, smell disturbance, and joint pain.

Do you have Parkinson's disease when your handshakes?

It's easy for many people to equate tremors with Parkinson's disease. It is often found that teenage children have tremors after strenuous exercise or nervousness. Parents will panic and take their children to see a doctor.

Some diseases are not Parkinson's disease but have similar manifestations, such as hyperthyroidism patients also have tremor, and some are secondary Parkinson's syndrome rather than primary Parkinson's disease, for example, people suffer from infection, drugs, carbon monoxide poisoning, In cases such as cerebral arteriosclerosis, tremors may be followed by Parkinson's-like symptoms. Therefore, hand tremors are not necessarily Parkinson's disease. Experts suggest that it is very necessary to consult a specialist in time if you find limb tremors. You can't "turn a blind eye", let alone "panic".

Often misdiagnosed as cervical spondylosis, depression

Mr. Han, 39 years old, started to be inflexible in his left hand three years ago. Inadvertently, his hands would tremble, and his legs would not obey orders. The knee joint and cervical vertebrae had pain and stiffness symptoms, but when he went to the local hospital, he was diagnosed with cervical spondylosis. After half a year of physical therapy and minimally invasive treatment, the patient's condition continued to deteriorate.

There are also some patients with inflexible legs and feet that are not obvious but have obvious non-movement disorders, such as depression, anxiety, sleep disorders, memory loss, loss of smell, etc. These people are often diagnosed with depression and anxiety disorders. The effect is not good. Studies have shown that the incidence of non-motor symptoms in Parkinson's patients is as high as 100%, and sleep disorders, depression disorders, and cognitive dysfunction are the most common. In addition, Parkinson's disease is often misdiagnosed as "brain atrophy" and "cerebral thrombosis" and other various diseases, and patients are misdiagnosed as "psychosis" and have been abandoned for a long time.

Often mistaken for Alzheimer's

30%-40% of Parkinson's patients do not experience tremors in the early stage. It is only manifested as slow movements, inflexible hands, and feet, rigid limbs, an expressionless face, etc., and is often mistaken for "dementia", "trance", etc., and even some male patients are deceived due to their lack of facial expressions and staring at others for a long time. Misunderstood as "indecent". Because these Parkinson's disease patients will be accompanied by so-called "Parkinson's disease non-motor symptoms" such as nervousness, worry, restlessness, and insomnia in the early stage, they are sometimes treated as Alzheimer's disease by doctors and their families in the early stage.

If the patient has the above symptoms in the early stage, he must go to a professional medical institution for treatment, so as not to delay the diagnosis and treatment of the disease.