Effects of Parkinson's

What are the Symptoms of Parkinson's?

There are many symptoms of Parkinson's, but they differ often due to the diversity of the disease. Common symptoms include:

• Tremors, typically in the fingers or hand
• Slowed movement
• Rigid muscles
• Loss of automatic movements
• Speech changes
• Writing changes

What are the 5 Stages of Parkinson's?

1. You will experience tremors on your dominant side of the body, and may lose your sense of smell. Changes in posture are common.
2. Worsened tremors and rigidness are visible, and posture changes are noticable.
3. Loss of balance follows, and you may feel slower than usual.
4. Movement is greatly limited, and most patients will only be able to stand and not be able to look after themselves.
5. Assistance will be required in everyday life, often needing a wheelchair. If you have advanced Parkinson's, you may suffer hallucinations.

Braak Staging: Yellow represents the origin of Parkinson's pathology. Pink/purple represent Stages 1 and 2. Blue represents Stages 3 and 4. Orange represents Stage 5. Yellow represents full neocortex engagement and Stage 6 from wikipedia.org. CC-BY