Symptoms of the Parkinson’s area

Some examples of the Parkinson’s type symptoms someone with MSA may have:

Stiff arms and legs
Slow shuffling movement
Difficult to move once in bed, can’t roll over or get up out of bed easily
Difficult to hold, grip and co-ordinate things e.g. using a toothbrush to clean teeth, holding a pen to write, holding cutlery or cutting up food
Can’t stand for long so washing themselves or preparing food is difficult
Get tired more easily so they may fall asleep in the daytime
May be shaky so can spill things or struggle with fiddly things like zips.

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