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Journal of Alzheimers Disease & Parkinsonism
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  • J Alzheimers Dis Parkinsonism,
  • DOI: 10.4172/2161-0460.1000526

Prolonged Loss of Consciousness in Parkinson’s Disease

Mitsunori Morimatsu*
Division of Neurology, Tokuyama Medical Association Hospital, Shunan, Japan
*Corresponding Author : Mitsunori Morimatsu, Head of Division of Neurology, Tokuyama Medical Association Hospital, Shunan, Japan, Tel: +81-834-31-2350, Email: m.morimatsu@tokuyamaishikai.com

Received Date: Jun 03, 2021 / Accepted Date: Jun 17, 2021 / Published Date: Jun 24, 2021

Abstract

Background: Loss of consciousness is fairly common in Parkinson’s disease, which occurs as syncope associated with postural hypotension based on autonomic dysfunction, or as sleep disorder which consists of excessive daytime sleepiness and sleep attacks.

Case presentation: Ten patients with Parkinson’s disease are reported who showed episodes of loss of consciousness lasting for 4-24 h that appeared to be deep sleep or a coma, and could not be roused even by strong painful stimuli. After four hours or more, they spontaneously resumed consciousness without sequelae.

Discussion and conclusion: The diagnostic criteria of these two disorders in ICSD-3 differ from the prolonged loss of consciousness in my cases. As it has brought great concern to family members, medical staff, and emergent hospital personnel, we must pay more attention to this type of loss of consciousness.

Keywords: Unconsciousness; Sleep disorder; Hypersomnia; Parkinson’s disease; Postural hypotension

Citation: Morimatsu M (2021) Prolonged Loss of Consciousness in Parkinson’s Disease. J Alzheimers Dis Parkinsonism 11: 526. Doi: 10.4172/2161-0460.1000526

Copyright: © 2021 Morimatsu M. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

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