China News Online, October 25 (Chen Jing Shi Jiaqi) Sports complications are one of the main reasons why Parkinson's patients lose their ability to take care of themselves and even become disabled.
After the "honeymoon period" of the effects of drug treatment, patients are very likely to develop sports complications.
How to enable Parkinson's patients to maximize their self-care ability?
On the 25th, Shanghai explored the establishment of a Parkinson’s one-stop diagnosis and treatment center with integrated traditional Chinese and Western medicine, which can complete the early diagnosis and mid- to late-stage evaluation of Parkinson’s disease at one time, and carry out integrated interventions for sports, non-motor symptoms and sports complications, targeting different Patients undergo individualized and precise diagnosis and treatment.
Liu Zhenguo, director of the Department of Neurology, Xinhua Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, said that the management model of one-stop diagnosis and treatment of Parkinson's disease will make the management and treatment of this disease more standardized.
The initiation of integrated traditional Chinese and western medicine for the treatment of Parkinson's movement complications should run through the whole course of the disease.
In July this year, Xinhua Hospital took the lead in issuing the "Expert Consensus on the Diagnosis and Treatment of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine for Parkinson's Movement Complications (2020)."
According to this, the current Western medicine has clear advantages in the treatment of sports complications, but lacks the concept of overall treatment of the disease.
The holistic concept of Chinese medicine and the concept of syndrome differentiation are just an effective supplement to the inadequate treatment of western medicine.
Liu Zhenguo said that Parkinson’s patients need a long-term management system: on the one hand, they need long-term monitoring, brain conditions, gait tests, color and smell testing, etc., to keep abreast of the progress of the disease; on the other hand, they need to constantly adjust the treatment plan, and combine Chinese and Western medicine. , The combination of medicine and exercise rehabilitation, etc., allows patients to maintain their self-care ability and quality of life for a longer time.
The expert bluntly said, "For Parkinson's patients, even if it is to fight for one day's self-care ability, it is a victory."
The one-stop diagnosis and treatment management model for Parkinson's disease patients will make the management and treatment of this disease more standardized.
Photo courtesy of Xinhua Hospital
According to reports, 76-year-old Ms. Li has been suffering from Parkinson's disease for nearly 8 years. Since the beginning of this year, it has been more difficult for her to control her body and she often dances involuntarily.
It was not until July this year that Xinhua Hospital visited the expert clinic of Director Liu Zhenguo of the Department of Neurology and formulated a treatment plan for her with integrated Chinese and Western medicine, which reduced her symptoms to a certain extent.
It is reported that the symptoms of Parkinson's disease movement complications are complex and diverse, and some patients will experience "switching phenomenon."
When the physical activity "switch" is on, the patient can move, but once it is "closed", the patient cannot exercise. The key is that no one knows when the physical "switch" is on, when it is off, how long it is on, and how long it is off.
Some patients show excessive exercise, including involuntary simple repetition of facial muscles and limbs, and the limbs swing like a dance without control.
This involuntary movement can easily cause injury or disability to the patient.
Currently, Parkinson's disease cannot be completely cured, but early detection and systemic treatment can control the disease and delay the progress.
It is understood that there are a huge number of Parkinson's patients in China, and with the accelerated aging of society, there are a lot of new patients every year.
Nearly 15% of patients only go to the hospital for more than 2 years of illness, and miss the best opportunity for early intervention.
Liu Zhenguo said in an interview: "The treatment of sports complications is not effective, and the only wise choice is to prevent them from happening.