Parkinson's Disease

Alternative names: Disorientation; Thinking — unclear; Thoughts — cloudy; Altered mental status — confusionDefinition: Confusion is the inability to think as clearly or quickly as you normally do.

Blues; Gloom; Sadness; MelancholyDepression may be described as feeling sad, blue, unhappy, miserable, or down in the dumps.

Muscle wasting; Wasting; Atrophy of the musclesMuscle atrophy is the wasting or loss of muscle tissue.

: Sensory hallucinations: Hallucinations involve sensing things such as visions, sounds, or smells that seem real but are not.

Alternative names: Forgetfulness; Amnesia; Impaired memory; Loss of memory; Amnestic syndrome; Dementia – memory loss; Mild cognitive impairment – memory lossDefinition: Memory loss (amnesia) is unusual forgetfulness.

Alternative names: Nuclear magnetic resonance – cranial; Magnetic resonance imaging – cranial; MRI of the head; MRI – cranial; NMR – cranial; Cranial MRI; Brain MRI; MRI – brain; MRI – headDefinition: A head MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) is an imaging test that uses powerful magnets and radio waves to create pictures of the brain and surrounding nerve tissues.

Alternative names: Norepinephrine – blood; Epinephrine – blood; Adrenalin – blood; Dopamine – bloodThis test measures the levels of catecholamines in the blood.

Alternative names: Ambulatory electrocardiography; Electrocardiography – ambulatory; Atrial fibrillation – Holter; Flutter – Holter; Tachycardia – Holter; Abnormal heart rhythm – Holter; Arrythmia – Holter; Syncope – Holter; Arrhythmia – HolterDefinition: A Holter monitor is a machine that continuously records the heart’s rhythms.

Alternative names: Electrophysiology study – intracardiac; EPS – intracardiac; Abnormal heart rhythms – EPS; Bradycardia – EPS; Tachycardia – EPS; Fibrillation – EPS; Arrhythmia – EPS; Heart block – EPSDefinition: Intracardiac electrophysiology study (EPS) is a test to look at how well the heart’s electrical signals are working.