{"id":184,"date":"2024-07-13T23:07:52","date_gmt":"2024-07-13T23:07:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/epsdco.com\/?p=184"},"modified":"2024-07-13T23:07:52","modified_gmt":"2024-07-13T23:07:52","slug":"what-are-the-symptoms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/epsdco.com\/?p=184","title":{"rendered":"What are the symptoms?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Each person is affected differently by Parkinson\u2019s disease and no two people will experience exactly the same symptoms. The impact of Parkinson\u2019s disease can be unpredictable and it is common for people to have good days and bad days.<\/p>\n<p>The main symptoms of Parkinson\u2019s disease are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>tremor (involuntary trembling or shaking movements; the most common symptom)<\/li>\n<li>rigidity (stiffness)<\/li>\n<li>slowness of movement (bradykinesia)<\/li>\n<li>balance problems<\/li>\n<li>problems with posture (particularly a tendency to stoop forwards)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Other possible symptoms include difficulty initiating movement (for example, when getting up from a chair), a shuffling gait when walking, and freezing when trying to move (especially in confined spaces such as doorways). People might experience a loss of facial expression, speech problems (softened voice, slurred speech), swallowing problems, bowel and bladder problems, difficulties at night (discomfort in bed, cramps, disturbed sleep pattern) and tiredness during the day. Skin can become greasy and people might experience excessive sweating. Sexual problems are common. People often experience depression and anxiety. Another common symptom is small handwriting (micrographia).<\/p>\n<p>Other less common symptoms can include pain and memory problems.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Each person is affected differently by Parkinson\u2019s disease and no two people will experience exactly the same symptoms. The impact of Parkinson\u2019s disease can be unpredictable and it is common for people to have good days and bad days. The main symptoms of Parkinson\u2019s disease are: tremor (involuntary trembling or shaking movements; the most common symptom) rigidity (stiffness) slowness of movement (bradykinesia) balance problems problems with posture (particularly a tendency to stoop forwards) Other possible symptoms include difficulty initiating movement (for example, when getting up from a chair), a shuffling gait when walking, and freezing when trying to move (especially<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":185,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-184","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/epsdco.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/epsdco.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/epsdco.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epsdco.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epsdco.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=184"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/epsdco.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":186,"href":"https:\/\/epsdco.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184\/revisions\/186"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epsdco.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/185"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/epsdco.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=184"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epsdco.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=184"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epsdco.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=184"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}