Water changes mark Parkinson’s disease progression

[JayPwP]

Hadn't seen this earlier... Any thoughts?

nih.gov/news-events/nih-res...

At a Glance:

* Scientists developed a new way to detect brain changes caused by Parkinson’s disease.

* The technique may be useful for assessing the effects of potential treatments.

[LAJ12345]

I’m not sure if this is totally irrelevant but a few years I developed annoying back of the head sensations that felt like water building up in my head when I lay down which was keeping me awake. (I don’t have PD). It also felt like there was a lump inside the back of my head.

I have been to lots of specialists and had tests and no one knew what it was, they all started treating me like I was mad, and eventually the ENT gave me amitriptyline as they said it was anxiety.

I then went to physio, osteopath and eventually a Chinese traditional medicine doctor who did cupping on my back. She said my diaphragm was constricted, the top of my back was starting to form an hump from bending over iPad, and I had adhesions which was what felt like the lump. She did massage techniques and acupuncture and managed to stretch out my chest muscles. I’ve since been working on those stretches from side stretches, twisting my spine, getting my neck mobile.

I can breathe deeper and the lump feeling has gone and the liquid in my head feeling is mainly gone except I do feel a constant running down the back of my throat. Maybe that is where it is now draining.

Anyway the point of the story is sometimes there is a physical reason for a symptom. I think it is a good idea to look at yourself in the mirror and see where your posture deviates from normal and work on stretching to try and regain full movement of joints particularly in neck and chest as lots of fluid runs from your heads glymphatic system (which is where the brain dumps its waste) so it needs to be able to drain properly so waste doesn’t pile up in the head. Is it a coincidence the region affected in PD is at the back of the head next to neck where all the sinus and saliva and other lymph drainage are supposed to drain away? Maybe not.

The tight chest did give me an anxious feeling too and that is gone now my chest and diaphragm are working properly. Did anxiety cause the tightness or the tightness make me feel anxious because it affected my breathing?

[JayPwP in reply to LAJ12345]

Thank you LAJ