Parkinson Disease

Parkinson Disease


What is Parkinson's disease ?

Parkinson's disease is a common degenerative disease of the nervous system in the elderly population. Patients were found with symptoms slow motion and tremor, hands, feet and other parts of the body to lose flexibility and become rigid. The majority of Parkinson's patients as sporadic cases , less than 10 % of patients have a family history. Genetic factors, environmental factors, aging, oxidative stress can cause Parkinson's disease. 

 Age distribution of Parkinson's disease

Epidemiological survey on domestic and overseas shows, Parkinson's disease group were aged 65 years or older, incidence rate of approximately 2 %. The majority of the population with the prevalence and incidence of Parkinson's disease increases in age of 70-79 years, the age group reach the peak of the decline after the age 80tahun. However, the data showed that the increase in prevalence and incidence in the growing age of 80 years. Parkinson's disease is closely related to aging , Parkinson's disease is not the same but with aging. More men than women, the average age of the disease is about 60 years old, 40 years down the rare Parkinson's disease. 

Parkinson's Disease Risk

Parkinson's disease is generally gradually increasing morbidity, seriously affecting the quality of life of patients. Can not undergo timely treatment due to lack of knowledge about the types of the disease in some patients , resulting in loss of work ability, the ability to live, even paralyzed in bed for a long time , and increase the burden for families. The patients in the late stages of the disease can be found with lung infections , urinary tract infections, bedsores and death. 

Treatment of Parkinson's

Parkinson's disease occurs at all, can not automatically be generally mild, but conditions are most severe are being slowly. Drug therapy is the main treatment of Parkinson's disease. Operating an effective complement to drug therapy. Drug therapy should be long term. There will be some side effects from long-term treatment. Surgery and drugs can only improve symptoms but can not cure the disease, but also can not stop the progression of the disease. Stem cell therapy is a new method for the treatment of Parkinson's disease. The therapy relies on the use of stem cells to repair damaged nerves without drugs and surgery, and can help patients achieve better success.Standard treatment of patients with Parkinson's disease by reducing disability and death rates is a task that must be performed , patients gain scientific knowledge, standards, effective treatment can not only improve the quality of life of patients and resume normal working capacity, extend life, it can also ease the burden of member family in caring for the patient and the economic burden.