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People with Parkinson’s disease should feel free to contact their treating physician or clinic with any concerns regarding the Medtronic DBS recall. Please do not worry unhelpfully about this issue without contacting someone about your concerns.
Virtually everyone with Parkinson’s disease has constipation, we now realize, and for some, constipation is a very early symptom, starting years or decades before any of the motor symptoms.
Sometimes the diagnosis of depression may not be immediately apparent. Your doctor may often ask you questions about your mood, but sometimes your doctor may also utilize various rating scales to help make that diagnosis.
