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Other symptoms include hoarseness, nausea, vomiting, a decrease in sweating, problems with body temperature sensation, dizziness, difficulty walking, and difficulty maintaining balance. Lateral medullary syndrome can also cause bradycardia , a slow heart rate, and increases or decreases in the patient's average blood pressure.
Paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea or paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnoea (PND) is an attack of severe shortness of breath and coughing that generally occurs at night. [1] It usually awakens the person from sleep, and may be quite frightening. [ 2 ]
The association of serotonin with mood and cognition may explain some of the side-effects observed in patients treated with L-Dopa due to serotonin deficit. [9] [10] In most cases, motor symptoms predominate at early PD stages, while cognitive disturbances (such as mild cognitive impairment or dementia) emerge later. [11]
The signs and symptoms of vertigo can present as a persistent (insidious) onset or an episodic (sudden) onset. [25] Persistent onset vertigo is characterized by symptoms lasting for longer than one day [25] and is caused by degenerative changes that affect balance as people age.
In fact, the Mayo Clinic reports that approximately one-third of Americans will experience dizziness or vertigo at least once in their life. But if one of these conditions affects you, it could ...
The four cardinal motor symptoms of Parkinson's—bradykinesia (slowed movements), postural instability, rigidity, and tremor—are called parkinsonism. [9] [10] These four symptoms are not exclusive to Parkinson's and can occur in many other conditions, [11] [12] including HIV infection and recreational drug use.
Heavy-headedness is the feeling of faintness, dizziness, or feeling of floating, wooziness. [1] [2] [3] Individuals may feel as though their head is heavy; also feel as though the room is moving/spinning also known as vertigo. Some causes of heavy-headedness can be tough to get rid of and can last a long period of time, however most can be treated.
Mikey in the NICU (left), Mikey at the park at night Molly and her husband were surprised to learn their third baby would be born with congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH)