Research shows differences in pain levels between men and women with Parkinson's disease. The study of this issue was carried out by Chinese scientists from the University of Nanchang.
Women with Parkinson's disease should prepare for higher levels of pain than men with the same neurodegenerative disease. A new study has found another gender difference in the course and severity of symptoms of the insidious disease. Chronic pain refers to changes in motor neurons, pain in the face and mouth, and swelling. All this was more pronounced in women than in men in the course of observations.
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Patients with Parkinson's disease generally rated their pain levels much higher. In addition, women also had more severe cognitive impairment, that is, intelligence, than men, although further research is needed to better understand the relationship between problems with intelligence and the perception of pain. Evidence already suggests that there are marked gender differences in Parkinson's disease. For example, in men, the disease is more likely to cause sexual dysfunction and muscle rigidity.
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But women are more likely to have tremors and urination disorders as motor symptoms of the disease. Among non-motor symptoms, women are more likely to experience sleep disturbances, anxiety, depression, fatigue, and intellectual problems. (READ MORE) 
Nanchang University
Medicine
Public Research University, located in Nanchang City, Jiangxi Province, China