关于帕金森氏症
MedicalMyths:AllaboutParkinson’sdisease
四月11日是世界帕金森病日。有鉴于此，本周的《医学神话》解决了围绕帕金森病的许多误解。我们讨论了症状和治疗，对患者的前景，以及更多。帕金森病是一种神经退行性运动障碍。随着时间的推移，大脑黑质中产生多巴胺的细胞退化。这种恶化导致多巴胺的减少，并产生症状。随着时间推移，症状往往发展缓慢，通常开始于一只手轻微震颤或运动僵硬。除了震颤和僵硬，其他症状还包括运动协调困难、姿势改变、面部表情固定、嗅觉减退、情绪变化和睡眠问题。随着病情的发展，一些帕金森患者会发展成痴呆。年，全球估计有万人患有帕金森症。在过去25年里，病例数量增加了一倍以上。在本文中，我们将消除一些与帕金森病有关的最常见的误解。文章强调:AprilisParkinson’sAwarenessMonth.Withthisinmind,thisweek’seditionofMedicalMythstacklesthemanymisunderstandingsthatsurroundParkinson’sdisease.Wediscussthesymptomsandtreatment,theoutlookforpeoplewiththecondition,andmore.Parkinson’sdiseaseisaneurodegenerativemovementdisorder.Overtime,dopamine-producingcellsinapartofthebraincalledthesubstantianigradeteriorate.Thisdeterioration,whichleadstoareductionindopamine,producessymptoms.Thesymptomstendtodevelopslowlyovertime,oftenstartingwithaslighttremorinonehandorstiffnessinmovement.Asidefromtremorandstiffness,othersymptomsincludedifficultiescoordinatingmovements,changesinposture,afixedfacialexpression,areducedsenseofsmell,moodchanges,andsleepproblems.Asthediseaseprogresses,somepeoplewithParkinson’sdevelopdementia.In,anestimated6.1millionpeopleworldwidehadParkinson’sdisease.Thenumberofcaseshasmorethandoubledinthelast25years.Inthisarticle,wedispelsomeofthemost