How do people with Parkinson's disease finally die?

My wife has Parkinson's disease. She is in constant pain. She is losing her ability to do even the most ordinary actions of living. We wonder how Parkinson's patients finally die.

The most common cause of death in Parkinson's disease is aspiration pneumonia. As the disease progresses, the patient swallowing becomes extremely difficult. This difficulty swallowing often causes the patient to choke or inhale (aspirate) their food...leading to aspiration pneumonia.

Parkinson's by itself does not directly cause people to die. With the treatment that is now available to treat Parkinson's, life expectancy for someone with Parkinson's is fairly normal and none of the drugs that are used for Parkinson's have any serious side effects that could cause death.
However, occasionally in people who are seriously disabled (usually those who have had Parkinson's for many years), their general physical and mental condition can either cause or exacerbate other illnesses and so contribute to the final cause of death.

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