The face of a patient with Parkinson's disease typically
a. has sunken eyes and hollow cheeks.
b. is immobile and expressionless, with a staring gaze.
c. is thin, with sharply defined features and prominent eyes.
d. has a dusky blue discoloration beneath the eyes, with creases in the lower eyelids.
B
The patient's face is immobile and expressionless with a staring gaze and raised eyebrows in Parkinson's disease. Parkinson's disease is the degeneration of the basal ganglia, resulting from a deficiency of the neurotransmitter dopamine. Cachexia is a profound state of wasting of the vital tissues associated with cancer, malnutrition, and severe chronic illnesses. The eyes are sunken and the cheeks are hollow in cachexia. The face of a patient with Graves' disease typically is thin, with sharply defined features and prominent eyes. The patient with chronic allergies can develop a dusky blue discoloration beneath the eyes (allergic shiners) along with creases on the lower eyelids and open-mouth breathing (allergic gaping).
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