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ooops forgot to comment on this: >1) At this stage of Parkinson his body has become very rigid. He cannot >>walk out of bed. Also he is unable to intake food naturally due to >>rigidity of muscles in the throat. He has to be fed via nasal path. We >>think that due to pnuemonia Parkinson might have been aggravated. Could >>Parkinson affect throat muscles?... 1. he sounds badly undermedicated in levodopa 2. parkinson's affects all muscles 3. an illness can aggravate pd symptoms temporarily 4. other medications can interfere with levodopa 5. pd does not generally change rapidly 6. please make sure that his regular pd doctor is involved there, but for grace, go i your father is my pd cyber-sibling! look out for him [for me] janet janet paterson 52 now / 41 dx / 37 onset PO Box 171 Almonte Ontario K0A 1A0 Canada a new voice http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Village/6263/ [log in to unmask]