• Question: What is the most serious symptom of parkinsons disease?

    Asked by thomasfilarowski to Amy on 17 Jun 2011. This question was also asked by samsam.
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      Amy Reeve answered on 17 Jun 2011:

      Hi Thomas,

      i think if you were to ask a patient they would say it is the tremor. this is similar to a shake usually of the hands and head which is there all the time, it makes it really hard to do simple tasks like brushing your teeth. Also patients find it hard to initiate movements, what i mean is that they are able to walk perfectly well but taking the initial steps can be really hard and they can sometimes freeze and not be able to go any further.

      This is a good video of Michael J Fox talking about what its like to have Parkinson’s 🙂 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECkPVTZlfP8

      thanks for your question 😀

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