PARKINSON’S DISEASE AND NON-MOTOR SIGNS
- In addition to motor or movement symptoms, Parkinson’s Disease also has non-motor symptoms, which can be less obvious and harder to detect.
- Often unaffected by medications to treat motor symptoms
- May precede motor symptoms by many years
- Can be frustrating symptoms that lead to stress for the patient and caregiver
Non-Motor symptoms:
Cognitive/Psychiatric | Autonomic | Sensory/Pain |
Anxiety | Drenching sweats | Tingling, burning, or itching |
Depression | Difficulty breathing | Inability to remain still |
Fatigue | Drop in blood pressure with position change | Reduced sense of smell |
Slow thinking | Constipation | |
Interrupted sleep | Oily or flaky skin | |
Hallucinations |