Have a parkinson diagnosis since 2002, 66 years, smoker, woman, thymectomy 2 years ago, tiny patches or nodules seen on lungs, unknown origin, no significant changes i september 2009, no check since. ON-OFF and violent hyperkinesia, very good effect of levodopa, shall soon be going through examinations to see whether I may profit fram DBS-stimulation, Question: Can symptoms of lung related disease be mistaken for PD symptoms or side-effects of PD medication??  Liv K. Oslo
Thanks for your question on Chat Doctor. I can understand your concern. No, lung related symptoms are different from Parkinson Disease. And Parkinson disease (PD) is less likely to produce respiratory symptoms. Similarly, Chat Doctor.  So your lung nodules are mostly due to your smoking habit. So better to consult pulmonologist and get done repeat CT scan to compare size of nodules with previous CT scan. If size and numbers of nodules are similar then no need to worry about this. But if nodules are increasing in size or in numbers then you need to rule out malignant nodules. Hope I have solved your query. I will be happy to help you further. Wish you good health. Thanks.