Parkinson Disease

If a person with Parkinson’s freezes in place while trying to move , have him or her give aloud to his body.

Singing, reading aloud, speaking aloud are good for the muscles of the mouth, face and throat.

Parkinson’s disease is the result of the death or impairment of brain cells that produce dopamine, which is a chemical that helps direct activity.

What are four main symptoms of Parkinson’s disease?

a. in hands, arms, legs, jaw and face.
b. or stiffness of limbs and trunk.
c. of movement.
d. Impaired and coordination.

Parkinson’s disease does not affect the or feeling parts of the brain.

Three things that used to treat the symptoms of Parkinson’s disease are medications, surgery and .

and loss of appetite are problems for Parkinson’s disease sufferers because the stomach and intestinal muscles slow down and do not work properly.

You can teach patient to use cues to stimulate their brain to keep a regular stride when they walk. Two ways to do this are:

1) teach the patient to while he or she walks and

2) have the patient listen to strongly rhythmic in a headset.

It is useful for a patient who has difficulty swallowing to think of the process as a series of small events. As you teach the patient to do one thing at a time, use this sequence: fill in the blank

1. Put food on the tongue
2. Close the lips.
3.Chew the food (alternate chewing on one side of the mouth and then the other
4. Lift the up and back.
5. Swallow.

When a patient with speech difficulties is trying to talk, you should not rush him or her .Instead ,you should be patient and .