Symptoms of Parkinson's Disease

General information about symptoms of Parkinson's Disease: The symptom information on this page attempts to provide a list of some possible symptoms of Parkinson's Disease. This symptom information has been gathered from various sources, may not be fully accurate, and may not be the full list of symptoms of Parkinson's Disease. Furthermore, symptoms of Parkinson's Disease may vary on an individual basis for each patient. Only your doctor can provide adequate diagnosis of symptoms and whether they are indeed symptoms of Parkinson's Disease.

List of symptoms of Parkinson's Disease: The list of symptoms mentioned in various sources for Parkinson's Disease includes:

• Fixed facial expression
• Lack of blinking
• Tremor or trembling - various uncontrolled movements typically occuring in fingers, hands, arms, legs, jaw, and face
  • Tremor in one little finger - a common early symptom
  • Hand tremor
  • Tremor in one hand
  • Tremor in one leg
  • Tremor in one arm
  • Tremor in one side of the body
  • Involuntary head nodding
• Walking symptoms
  • Difficulty walking
  • Stooping posture
  • Loss of postural reflexes
  • Rigid back
  • Shuffling gait
  • Postural instability
  • Impaired balance
  • Impaired coordination
  • Falls
  • Falling forwards
  • Falling backwards
• Rigidity - stiffness of the limbs and trunk
• Bradykinesia - slowness of movement
• Difficulty swallowing
• Speech changes
  • Difficulty talking
  • Voice changes
  • Softer voice
  • Monotonous voice
  • Stammering
• Facial symptoms
  • Facial expression changes
  • Fixed mask-like expression
  • Tight facial muscles
  • Facial muscle spasm
• Intellectual symptoms - usually late in the progression of symptoms; most people suffer physical symptoms without early mental changes.

Symptoms of Parkinson's Disease: The four primary symptoms of Parkinson's are tremor or trembling in hands, arms, legs, jaw, and face; rigidity or stiffness of the limbs and trunk; bradykinesia, or slowness of movement; and postural instability or impaired balance and coordination. Patients may also have difficulty walking, talking, or completing other simple tasks. The disease is both chronic and progressive. Parkinson's is not usually inherited. Early symptoms are subtle and occur gradually. ¹

More symptoms of Parkinson's Disease: In addition to the above information, to get a full picture of the possible symptoms of this condition and its related conditions, it may be necessary to examine symptoms that may be caused by complications of Parkinson's Disease, underlying causes of Parkinson's Disease, associated conditions for Parkinson's Disease, risk factors for Parkinson's Disease, or other related conditions.

Medical articles on symptoms: These general reference articles may be of interest:

• Symptoms of the Silent Killer Diseases
• Symptoms and Medical Malpractice

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