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Parkinson’s unresponsive episodes.
Parkinson's Disease | Last Active: Jun 16, 2023 | Replies (74)Comment receiving replies
Hello everyone, My mom has these episodes too and I just came across this article. She has gone anywhere from 5 -45 minutes of unresponsiveness, and her Blood pressure is all over (high and low). After reading this article (Cognitive fluctuations in Parkinson’s disease dementia: blood pressure lability as an underlying mechanism), we are going to try this: basically, lying them flat and elevate the legs during the episode. The Physician who last saw her also suggested coban wraps (compression stockings) and had also heard of a pt who wore Nitroglycerin patch at night (removed early am) and this helped with the swings in blood pressure.
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Thank you very much. I will take a look at the article.
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Hello @judithanne and welcome to Mayo Connect.
You have posted about unresponsiveness that many have discussed on Connect's Parkinson's (PD) discussion group. I appreciate the information and I hope that it will be helpful to @mshoggie, @chuckcallahan, @bethv, and others. I tried to search for the article that you referred to but I was not able to find it. Could you possibly tell me the name of the website and also the name of the author of the case study?
Have you tried any of these methods to see if they help your mom? I would be interested in knowing which ones helped the most, Is it the compression stockings, the elevated legs or the Nitro patches?