{"id":385,"date":"2017-03-26T13:56:57","date_gmt":"2017-03-26T13:56:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/papergp.com\/index.php\/neurology\/parkinsons-disease\/"},"modified":"2019-04-07T10:22:08","modified_gmt":"2019-04-07T10:22:08","slug":"parkinsons-disease","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/papergp.com\/index.php\/neurology\/parkinsons-disease\/","title":{"rendered":"Parkinson&#8217;s disease"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"content-box-blue\">\n<h4>Data gathering<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Red flags &#8211; mood, urine incontinence<\/li>\n<li>Others &#8211; stiffness, tremor, walking, handwriting, balance, speech<\/li>\n<li>Examine &#8211; inspection, rigidity, gait, handwriting, quick neuro (if appropriate)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"content-box-blue\">\n<h4>Clinical management<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Explanation\n<ul>\n<li>PD affects the way the body coordinates movements, main features are slow movement, tremor, stiffness<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Treatment\n<ul>\n<li>Refer neurology &#8211; initial assessment and treatment<\/li>\n<li>Special services &#8211; physio, OT, speech therapy, specialist nurse, dietician<\/li>\n<li>Medications to help with symptoms (dopamine agonists or monoamine oxidase inhibitors)<\/li>\n<li>Surgery &#8211; deep brain stimulation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Follow-up \/ Safety net\n<ul>\n<li>DVLA<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Data gathering Red flags &#8211; mood, urine incontinence Others &#8211; stiffness, tremor, walking, handwriting, balance, speech Examine &#8211; inspection, rigidity, gait, handwriting, quick neuro (if appropriate) &nbsp; Clinical management Explanation PD affects the way the body coordinates movements, main features are slow movement, tremor, stiffness Treatment Refer neurology &#8211; initial assessment and treatment Special services &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/papergp.com\/index.php\/neurology\/parkinsons-disease\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Parkinson&#8217;s disease<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":378,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-385","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/papergp.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/385","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/papergp.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/papergp.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/papergp.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/papergp.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=385"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/papergp.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/385\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1939,"href":"https:\/\/papergp.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/385\/revisions\/1939"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/papergp.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/378"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/papergp.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=385"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}