Parkinson's disease

International organizations have designated red tulips as the symbol of Parkinson's disease.

· Parkinson's disease (palsy tremor) is a common neurodegenerative disease of the elderly

· It is related to heredity, environment, aging of nervous system and other factors

· Hand shaking, bradykinesia, myotonia and difficulty in postural balance at rest

· Comprehensive plan of drug therapy, surgery treatment, rehabilitation treatment, etc

One picture to understand Parkinson's

There is a younger trend

With the advent of the aging society, the number of patients with Parkinson's disease is increasing year by year, and more and more clinical practice shows that Parkinson's disease has a trend of younger age! According to a public survey on Parkinson's disease published in 2017, 90 percent of the public are unaware of the disease, with more than half believing it to be the amyotrophic lateral sclerosis from which Stephen Hawking suffers.

★ There are more than 3 million patients with Parkinson's disease in China, and the incidence rate of middle-aged and elderly people over 65 years old is 1.7%. It is estimated that by 2030, the number of patients with Parkinson's disease will reach nearly 5 million.

Zhen-fu wang, PLA General Hospital, Director of Geriatric Neurology: "Parkinson's disease in China is still in the status quo of low awareness, low diagnosis rate and low diagnosis rate."

World Parkinson's Day

Since 1997, the European Parkinson's Federation has designated 11 April every year as World Parkinson's Disease Day.It is the birthday of Dr. James Parkinson, the British physician who discovered Parkinson's disease.

The theme of 2021 --"Focus on Parkinson's Disease Quality of Life"

Improve quality of life

It is reported that under the guidance of Parkinson's disease and movement disorders group of Chinese Neurology Society, the project of "sending you a tulip" anniversary review of tulip hugging and anti-parpa dictionary was launched. The aim is to improve the understanding of Parkinson's disease and scientific treatment for patients, their families and primary doctors.

Mao Wei, Xuanwu Hospital of Capital Medical University neurology: "Treatment requires a combination of internal and external treatment, and foreign countries usually adopt the treatment mode of close coordination between the internal and surgical departments to provide the best treatment plan for patients."

At present, many domestic hospitals are also actively carrying out multidisciplinary diagnosis and treatment. The Anti-Parkinsonism Dictionary project is jointly compiled by multidisciplinary experts in the field of Parkinson's disease in China. Focusing on disease, medicine, surgery and rehabilitation, the project aims to provide answers to the questions and doubts of members and their families through an interesting, vivid, simple and practical style and form. Avoid mistakes in treatment and deepen the understanding of diseases and scientific treatment methods.

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