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(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Could Parkinsons disease lead to sleepwalking?
A new report from Swiss investigators suggests there may be a link. They outline the experiences of six Parkinsons patients who began sleepwalking after being diagnosed with the condition. All were taking a range of standard medications for the disease.
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Among the three men and three women in the report, four underwent sleep testing, with results revealing at least one sleep-related disorder for each patient, including rapid eye movement sleep behavior disorder and insomnia.
The nightly experiences of the patients, however, were quite varied. Two, for example, reported sleepwalking right after their diagnosis. However, the other four began sleepwalking anywhere from foyr years to 19 years later. Some walked in their sleep almost nightly, while for others, the experience happened only a few times a year.
What did these patients do while they were sleepwalking? A couple of patients were known to simply get up and either eat or make tea or hot milk. But one man reportedly took off his pajamas, went outside, and began jumping around like a frog. Sleepwalking was not harmless either. Another man ended up falling and hitting his head on a table, waking up the next morning with a bloody nose.
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SOURCE: Archives of Neurology, 2007;64:1524-1527
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