Does this make sense?

[WorriedInKS]

My husband had an episode of going stiff and UNCONSCIOUS the other day. EMTs took him to the hospital, still unconscious. Drs. did not explained to me what happened, in a way that made sense to me. Does this sound like anything to do with Parkinson's? I know about rigidity, now, but it doesn't make you go unconscious, does it? I thought he was having a stroke. I was not warned about rigidity.I'm trying to understand what happened. Thanks!

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[park_bear]

This is not something I had been aware of but a search turned this up:

pdfs.semanticscholar.org/e5...

Prolonged Loss of Consciousness in Parkinson’s Disease

"prolonged loss of consciousness lasting for several hours that is neither EDS [Excessive daytime sleepiness] nor ordinary sleep attacks can occur in PD patients and indeed seems to be a symptom unique to PD. Case presentation: Eight patients with PD are reported who showed episodes of loss of consciousness lasting for 4-24 h that appeared to be deep sleep or a coma, and could not be roused even by strong painful stimuli. After four hours or more, they spontaneously resumed consciousness without sequelae."

[Canddy in reply to park_bear]

Wow! Thanks for this park_bear something else to add to the list.

[LeharLover62]

No sign of infection? Hubbys neck got really stiff when he got a fever and they checked him for encephalitis, but it seemed to be just Pd + fever in the end.

I hope he pulls through.

[WorriedInKS in reply to LeharLover62]

No infection. Just nauseous now, but much better than yesterday. Thanks for your reply.

[LeharLover62]

what a relief! Hubby does have catatonic sleeping bouts from time to time too. Not sure if it’s similar…for him I think it sometimes is when the blood pressure tanks. IDK. Hope he keeps improving. Stay strong.

[WorriedInKS in reply to LeharLover62]

Thanks!