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11-07-2009, 06:43 AM | #1 | |||
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Does anyone else have facial muscles that do opposite expressions from your immediate emotions? When I get my "funny bone tickled" my face appears to be angry or crying. It is like they are drawing up real tight in the wrong direction.
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11-08-2009, 02:49 PM | #2 | |||
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the "masked face" is very copmmon in PD, as well as your facial muscles seemingly doing the opposite of w hat you would think.
PD is due to a deficiency of dopamine - a chemical that creates the "smooth" jump of a nerve impulse from synapse to synapse. I like to think of it as a wireless network, and something is set up wrong in your profile. Dopamine affects EVERY muscle in our bodies - that's why we have bladder problems, are prone to pneumonia, have difficulty swallowing, and have constipation. Likewise, when the chemicals are imbalanced, we sometimes get what neurologists call a "brisk" reflex. I think that's what you must be describing. And I see this in PWP frequently. Just pull out that photo album. PWP either have a masked (expressionless) face, or they look like a deer caught in headlights. lol Peggy |
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11-25-2009, 07:05 AM | #3 | |||
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11-26-2009, 12:09 AM | #4 | ||
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11-26-2009, 07:07 AM | #5 | ||
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Are we more likely than other non-PDers to heart attack or other heart problems related to our PD? And if so, is there anything we can do to minimize that potential impact? Anyone with any info on this I would appreciate hearing from. |
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11-26-2009, 07:52 PM | #6 | |||
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PD does affect the nerves to the heart. Their is a nuclear medicine test that will show this in the autonomic nervous system. Luckily the only symptom of PDs as it affects the nerves, is low blood pressure.
Charlie |
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"Thanks for this!" says: | kk13 (11-26-2009) |
12-02-2009, 06:29 AM | #7 | |||
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I have the swallowing thing too, have choked on my saliva and need to have a little soup with my crackers...so there is no liquid/solid in one bite. Cantalope , which I love, is one of the worst things to try to eat for choking..a bit scarey sometimes
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