Disturbances of the Autonomic Nervous System in PD Patients
T Ziemssen, H Reichmann · Aktuelle Neurologie · 2005 · Heft 09
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Zusammenfassung
Disturbances of the autonomic nervous system (ANS) are seen in up to 80% of PD patients. In 50% of PD patients these disturbances lead to a significant impairment of quality of life. Basically, all parts of the autonomic nervous system may be affected in PD patients, but impairments of the cardiovascular, gastrointestinal and urogenital system are most frequently reported by the patients. It must be considered, however, that dysfunction of the ANS may occur as part of PD, as a side effect of the medication, as a feature of atypical PD and as a symptom of another unrelated disease such as diabetes. Treatment of t…