If you keep having nightmares: Of course, seek medical help!

Diagnosed with Parkinson's disease can deal with anxiety for several years before the first characteristic symptoms of the disease are shown

Bad dreams and anxieties may be the first sign of warnings about the development of Parkinson's disease, University of Birmingham researchers say.

The new study, published in the magazine NewClinical Medicine, broadcasts Telegrafi.

Bad dreams have never been investigated as an indication of illness

Though it is very useful to diagnose Parkinson's disease early, risk indicators are very low, and many require expensive hospital tests or are very common and unspecial, such as diabetes. Clearly, we need to do further research in this area, but identifying the importance of bad dreams and nightmares may indicate that individuals who experience changes in their dreams in old age without any apparent cause should seek medical advice Dr. Abidemi Otayik from the Human Brain Health Center at the University of Birmingham.

There are twice as many chances of developing disease when nightmares arise

The research team used data from a major study conducted in the United States that contained data over a 12-year period, for 3,818 elderly men living alone. At the beginning of the study, males filled out a number of questionnaires, one of which included a question about the quality of sleep. Participants reporting bad dreams at least once a week were later monitored at the end of the study to see if they were more likely to be diagnosed with Parkinson's disease.

During the course of the chase, 91 cases of Parkinson's disease were diagnosed. Researchers found that participants who often had nightmares were twice as likely to develop the disease as those who did not. Most diagnosis occurred in the first five years of the study. The frequent bad dream participants during this period were more than three times more likely to develop Parkinson's disease.

Dreams can reveal important information about our brain's structure and function

The results of the study show that older ones who will one day be diagnosed with Parkinson's disease are likely to begin experiencing dramas and bad anxieties several years before developing characteristic symptoms of Parkinson's disease, such as trembling, rigidity, and slowdown.

The study also shows that our dreams can reveal important information about the structure and function of our brain and can prove to be an important factor in neurosecting.