12 Early Warning Signs Of Parkinson’s Disease

1. Loss of Smell

Loss of or an impaired sense of smell, known medically as anosmia, is said to be one of the very first signs of Parkinson’s In fact, the NHS says that in some cases, this symptom might develop several years before any others do.

According to the Northwest Parkinson’s Foundation the problem with smell arises when “messages such as odor cues don’t get through” to the brain due to cell and nerve damage, disrupting the signals passed to the brain from the muscle and nerves. This occurs due to the dopamine-producing cells being affected, as we saw earlier.