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The 1993 book, "Parkinson's Disease: The Complete Guide for Patients and Caregivers," by Lieberman and Williams, 1993, contains a Chapter called the "A to Z Guide to Symptoms and Side Effects." The book is nearly ten years old but I think this Chapter holds up pretty well. Some of the topics are aches and pains, bed mobility, constipation, dementia, depression, dizziness, drooling, dry mouth, dyskinesia, dystonia, embarrassment, facial masking, gait disturbances and falling, hallucinations, mood swings, nausea, on-off effect, restlessness, sexual dysfunction, shortness of breath, sleep disorders, speech and communication, stress, sweating, swelling of feet, tremors, urinary problems, vision problems, writing, and zest and zeal. I'm not sure this book is still in print, but I recently picked up a copy at a used book store. Also, your local PD resource office may have it in their lending library. If you can't find this book, contact me off-list and I'll snail mail relevant pages. Cynthia A. Holmes, PhD University of Arizona Department of Neurology APDA Parkinson's Information & Referral Center 616 N. Country Club Road Suite C Tucson, AZ 85716 Phone: (520) 326-5400 Toll-free: (800) 541-4960 FAX: (520) 326-8591 email: holmes @ u.arizona.edu -----Original Message----- From: Parkinson's Information Exchange Network [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Agnes Waters Sent: Monday, October 21, 2002 10:17 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: PARKINSN Digest - 19 Oct 2002 to 20 Oct 2002 (#2002-478) In a message dated 10/20/2002 9:16:57 PM Pacific Daylight Time, [log in to unmask] writes: > Date: Sun, 20 Oct 2002 20:49:48 -0400 > From: Larry Wilson <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: Question on Anemia on PWP > > > Is Anemia one of the symptoms of PD? I don't have an answer to Larry's question, but on that subject, I wondered if anyone could recommend a good source--website, publication--for a comprehensive shopping list of symptoms that might be PD-related? As many of us have found out, PD has often been the source of unrecognized and mistreated symptoms. Back pain, frozen shoulder, vision problems, and respiratory difficulties are just some of the symptoms that confuse patients and doctors and can result in useless, often expensive treatments, including surgery. Even after PD has been diagnosed, patients don't have a good idea of what symptoms PD might be responsible for, nor does it seem, do our doctors. We tend to head to orthopedics if our back hurts or to the eye doctor if we experience vision problems. I have a book on PD that assures me pain is not a problem....right! Many times, patients are referred to one specialist after another--some even being hospitalized--to investigate symptoms that might be related to a heart problem, for example. The wonderful side effects of the PD medications are another issue.....but at least we're more aware of those. So if anyone knows of a good reference on PD's wide and wonderful world of symptoms, please share! Thanks very much. Agnes Waters ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn