Recognize Parkinson’s: early symptoms
First symptoms
Patients often complain of mainly one-sided painful muscle tension that is often mistakenly interpreted as "rheumatic complaints". These symptoms occur in the shoulder/arm or pelvic/thigh region. Others describe severe fatigue, loss of muscle power, and a loss of performance ability, often associated with reduced mental and physical capacity.
The first signs of Parkinson's can be disturbances in fine motor skills in the hands. These disorders manifest themselves in everyday activities such as teeth brushing, buttoning clothes, or also when writing. Often handwriting changes and becomes smaller and shakier. The affected person has increasing difficulty performing two movements at the same time or one directly after the other. Gait changes over the course of time and steps become smaller and unsure.
Already at the onset of the disease the patient can suffer from constipation. In addition psychic problems can occur such as a general reduction in motivation, depressive moods, as well as sleep disorders.
