Symptoms
MSA damages the nervous system, which can cause the following symptoms:
- Changes in facial expression
- "Mask" appearance to face
- May be unable to close mouth
- Reduced ability to show facial expressions
- Staring
- Difficulty chewing or swallowing (occasionally)
- Disrupted sleep patterns (especially during rapid eye movement (REM) sleep late at night)
- Dizziness or fainting when standing up or after standing still
- Frequent falls
- Impotence
- Loss of control over bowels or bladder
- Loss of fine motor skills
- Difficulty Eating
- Difficulty with any activity that requires small movements
- Writing that is small and hard to read
- Loss of sweating in any part of the body
- Mild decline in mental function (may occur)
- Loss of Balance
- Shuffling
- Gait Changes
- Muscle aches and pains (myalgia)
- Difficulty bending arms or legs
- Nausea and problems with digestion
- Posture difficulties: may be unstable, stooped, or slumped over
- Slow movements
- Difficulty beginning to walk or starting any voluntary movement
- Freezing of movement when the movement is stopped, unable to start moving again
- Small steps followed by the need to run to keep balance
- Tremors
- May become severe enough to interfere with activities
- May be worse when tired, excited, or stressed
- May occur at rest or at any time
- May occur with any action, such as holding a cup or other eating utensils
- Finger-thumb rubbing (pill rolling tremor)
- Vision changes, decreased or blurred vision
- Voice and speech changes
- Difficulty talking
- Monotone
- Slow speaking
- Voice is low volume
Quite a list, isn't it?
Until later,
Ann and Dennis
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