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This year, 11 April marks the 26th World Parkinson's Day for Parkinson's Disease. Parkinson's disease is not only the third largest "killer" of middle-aged and elderly people, but also the trend of rejuvenation. There are more than 3 million Parkinson's patients on the mainland, and about 100,000 new patients are added every year.
In order to enhance the public's scientific understanding of Parkinson's disease and promote the standardization of the diagnosis and treatment of Parkinson's disease in China, under the guidance of the Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders Group of the Neurology Branch of the Chinese Medical Association and the Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders Professional Committee of the Neurologist Branch of the Chinese Medical Doctor Association, Medtronic initiated the "Bright Life" Embracing Tulip 5th Anniversary Review and Anti-Paliperian Dictionary Conference held on April 1 through online live broadcast.
The first domestic dictionary class anti-Patra reading "Anti-Pa Dictionary" released photo /Zhang Hua
There are about 3 million people with Parkinson's disease on the mainland
100,000 new patients are added each year
Parkinson's disease is a movement disorder commonly found in middle-aged and elderly people. As the third largest health "killer" for middle-aged and elderly people after cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases and tumors, this major brain disease will have a serious impact on the quality of life of patients.
"The mainland is the most populous country in the world, with about 3 million Parkinson's disease patients, and the incidence of middle-aged and elderly people over 65 years old is 1.7%, and it is expected to add 100,000 new patients every year." By 2030, the number of people affected is expected to reach nearly 5 million, accounting for about half of the global parkinson's disease. However, the disease is still in the current situation of low awareness, low medical visit rate and low diagnosis rate in the mainland. Professor Chen Shengdi of the Department of Neurology of Ruijin Hospital affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine said.
According to statistics, 40% of people think that Parkinson's disease is entirely a genetic disease; 30% think That Parkinson's is a fatal disease; and 10% think That Parkinson's can be cured. These are all misconceptions about Parkinson's disease. Professor Chen Shengdi pointed out that after more than 200 years of exploration of Parkinson's disease, the cause of Parkinson's disease has always been an unsolved mystery, which may be the result of the work of factors such as age, heredity and environment. "Due to the sharp structural degradation of the substantia nigra in the brain, the inability to produce the neurotransmitter "dopamine" limits the brain's ability to direct muscle activity. ”
Parkinson's disease is easily confused with other diseases
Raising awareness of Parkinson's disease
Avoid the public falling into the wrong place
When suffering from Parkinson's disease, patients may have symptoms such as "mask face" double gaze (less blinking), posture leaning forward, arms not swinging when walking, lower limb stiffness, hip and knee flexion, and panicked gait. However, patients often think that it is a disease such as Alzheimer's disease, and experts point out that early diagnosis, early detection and early treatment of Parkinson's disease should be selected according to age, symptom type, severity, etc.
Typical symptoms of Parkinson's disease Figure/Hua Zhang
"Drug treatment is the foundation, when the course of the disease is more than 5 years, the efficacy is not good, you can choose surgical treatment, and surgical treatment is the first choice of minimally invasive surgical treatment." Professor Zhang Jianguo of the Department of Neurosurgery at Beijing Tiantan Hospital affiliated to Capital Medical University said.
In order to improve the public's awareness of Parkinson's disease, 25 experts in the field of Parkinson's disease in mainland China participated in the compilation and review of the "Anti-Parkland Dictionary", which aims to improve the awareness of Parkinson's disease and scientific treatment methods by Parkinson's disease patients, family members, grass-roots doctors and the general public, and avoid falling into misunderstandings.
"The Anti-Papa Dictionary contains a wealth of Parkinson's disease-related terms, covering five aspects of disease, medication, surgery, rehabilitation and medical humanities, using the form of a combination of graphics and text, telling us that professional disease knowledge can also be understood in interesting ways." Professor Wang Lijuan of the Department of Neurology of Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital introduced, "The most proud thing for us is that this book is a public welfare gift form, no fee, and I hope to help more Pa friends and their families."
Parkinson's disease requires comprehensive management
Treatment should not only be based on the present
And to manage it for a long time
"Parkinson's disease is a comprehensive treatment process, and medication, surgery, rehabilitation and psychological counseling should always run through the patient's treatment, through long-term management, so that the patient can benefit." Professor Zhang Jianguo introduced, "DBS therapy is the preferred treatment method for surgery, and through the cooperation of surgeons and surgeons, the combination of surgery and drug treatment can improve the quality of life of patients. ”
It is reported that the so-called DBS therapy, that is, the deep brain electrical stimulation, commonly known as the brain pacemaker, through the implantation of fine electrodes in the brain, the emission of electrical pulses to stimulate the specific nuclei in the deep part of the brain, and then to achieve the purpose of controlling the patient's motor symptoms, is a landmark technology in the field of surgical treatment. The therapy has been clinically used worldwide for more than 30 years, benefiting more than 175,000 patients worldwide, and the safety and efficacy of the treatment are recognized, and it is currently the surgical treatment of choice for parkinson's disease treatment.
Schematic diagram of how a brain pacemaker works
It is understood that in the 2021 Expo, the world's first intelligent perceptual brain pacemaker was unveiled. Professor Hu Yongsheng of the Department of Functional Neurosurgery of Xuanwu Hospital of Capital Medical University introduced, "Brain-computer interface, human-computer interaction is a hot topic in recent years, domestic brain science research is also around these aspects, brain pacemaker DBS can be seen as an attempt at brain-computer interface, the future application in clinical treatment will be more intelligent, more digital, more precise direction." (For more news, please pay attention to Yangcheng Pie pai.ycwb.com)
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