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What happens in the final stages of parkinson's disease?

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Dr. Thomas Namey answered

Specializes in Rheumatology

Death: While motor dysfunction occurs early, cognition, depression, and dementia occur in later stages. There is gradual loss of motor control, even swallowing. Death occurs from pneumonia, aspiration, or cardiac cause.

Answered 4/1/2019

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