THE ASSOCIATION WITH THE AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM FINDINGS AND PREDOMINANT SIDE OF ONSET OF IDIOPATIC PARKINSON’S DISEASE

Authors : Ayşe AKYÜZ, Serpil KUYUCU

Pages : 63-88

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Publication Date : 2021-12-31

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :Idiopatic Parkinson’s Disease insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(iPD); is a neurodegenerative disorder which the motor and nonmotor symptoms are accompanied with. Non-motor features can be seen in every stage and can appear before motor findings arise. Autonomic dysfunction is one of the most prevalent non-motor features of iPD which includes enteric and bladder dysfunction, sexual dysfunction, sweating disorders, ortostatic hypotension. Not only because they seem very often but since they effect the quality of life of the patiens, non-motor symptoms have great importance. The assymetry of brain as a universal phenomenon describes the function of the whole nervous systhem. This assimetric involvement is also manifested in iPD studies clinically and neuropathologically. In this study we examined 30 İPD patients to investigate the association of asymmetry in iPD and autonomic nervous system involvement. Patients are göne through a detailed phusical and neurological examination. H&Y, UPDRS, MMT scores are enrolled. Autonomic symptoms are questionized with 12 items. When the outcomes are examined we saw that autonomic disorder severity increases with the term of disease as well as the severity of motor symptoms. Furthermore we came through that the autonomic symptoms can be seen from the early stages of the disease. The patients without bradikinesia had better responses to the therapy. The frequency of hallucination increased with the age and the severity of the disease. When the association with the side of onset of İPH symptoms and the autonomic involvement examined, which was the aim of this study, there was not a significant association but a week correlation.
Keywords : Parkinsons disease, autonomic nervous system, asymmetric involvement

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