Radio Havana Cuba | On World Parkinson’s Disease Day, more sensitivity and support

Geneva, April 11 (RHC) World Parkinson’s Day has been observed every day since 1997 with the aim of raising awareness among governments and the population about the special needs of people with the disease.

The World Health Organization – the World Health Organization – declared the date in honor of the memory of James Parkinson, the British neurologist who in 1817 discovered what he called the inducers of paralysis at the time.

The expert described it in his medical work “An Essay on Shaking Paralysis” as “involuntary movements of a trembling nature, with reduced muscle tone affecting the parts that are at rest, and even causing the tendency of the body to tilt the body forward in the manner of walking, with short and fast steps.” The senses and the mind remain the same.

Parkinson’s disease is the second most common neurodegenerative disease after Alzheimer’s disease, and its symptoms appear gradually with the involvement of some areas of the body such as the hands, arms, legs and face.

It then spreads throughout the body and causes stiffness in movement, tremors, and problems with balance and coordination.

According to the World Health Organization, the disease affects 1 in 100 people over the age of 60 and 20 to 40 percent of patients have depression as an early symptom.

It is estimated that by 2030 there will be around 12 million patients with Parkinson’s disease, a disease usually diagnosed between the ages of 55 and 60, although there are cases at other ages.

For its part, the European Parkinson’s Disease Association estimates that more than six million people in the world suffer from this disease.

There is currently no cure for the disease, but there are treatments to effectively control it or improve symptoms.

Once the clinical diagnosis has been established, it is essential to determine whether or not to be treated, the most specific type of treatment and the appropriate drug.

A team of experts recently discovered that hearing impairment and epilepsy are early features of Parkinson’s disease.

According to JAMA Neurology, it is important for primary care physicians to be aware of these links as they have been discovered 10 years earlier than would be expected in patients with this condition.

The medical literature indicates that some cases of Parkinson’s disease are hereditary, but most do not seem to run in families. (source: latin press).