China News Service, Beijing, April 3 (Reporter Li Chun) How many Parkinson's patients are there in China?

When answering this question, Professor Wang Zhenfu, director of the Department of Geriatric Neurology at the PLA General Hospital, cited data that the prevalence of Parkinson's disease in the elderly over 65 in China is 1.7%.

According to the results of the 2019 National Health Commission census, there are 217 million elderly people over 65 in China.

Based on this calculation, the number of Parkinson's patients in China is close to 3.7 million.

　　On April 2, under the guidance of the Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders Group of the Neurology Branch of the Chinese Medical Association and the Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders Professional Committee of the Neurology Branch of the Chinese Medical Doctor Association, Medtronic initiated "Send You a Tulip" to embrace the tulip The Anniversary Review and Anti-Pad Dictionary Project was officially launched in Beijing.

The project aims to deepen the public's awareness of Parkinson's disease, improve the level of diagnosis and treatment of Parkinson's disease by grassroots doctors, and benefit Parkinson's patients.

Professor Chen Haibo from the Department of Neurology of Beijing Hospital reviewed the results of the "Embrace Tulip" project.

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　　According to experts, Parkinson's disease is caused by the rapid structural degradation of the substantia nigra in the brain, which cannot produce the neurotransmitter "dopamine", which leads to the limitation of the brain's ability to direct muscle activity, hinders the patient's ability to move, and reduces the quality of life.

With the advent of an aging society, the number of patients with Parkinson's disease has increased year by year. At the same time, more and more clinical practices have shown that Parkinson's disease has a trend of younger age.

　　According to a 2017 public survey, 90% of the people interviewed did not understand Parkinson's disease, and more than half believed that Parkinson's disease was Hawking's "gradual freezing" (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis).

Even nearly 60% of medical workers in the field of non-neurology do not fully understand Parkinson's disease.

　　The survey results also showed that 93% of the respondents did not know the surgical treatment of Parkinson's disease.

Professor Zhang Jianguo from the Department of Neurosurgery, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, introduced that Parkinson’s disease is effective in early drug treatment, but as time goes by, the patient’s condition progresses and the original treatment effect may not be achieved even if drugs are added. There will be side effects and complications of the drug.

At this stage, brain pacemaker (DBS) surgery can be considered.

　　Deep brain electrical stimulation is commonly known as "brain pacemaker". It uses tiny electrodes implanted in the brain to emit electrical pulses to stimulate specific nuclei in the deep brain to achieve the purpose of controlling the patient's motor symptoms.

The therapy has been clinically used globally for more than 30 years, and its safety and effectiveness have been recognized. It is currently the first choice for the treatment of Parkinson's disease.

　　The clinical symptoms of Parkinson's disease are complex, involving multiple parts of the body. As the course of the disease progresses, comprehensive treatment is required.

Associate Professor Mao Wei from the Department of Neurology, Xuanwu Hospital of Capital Medical University, said that the treatment of Parkinson's disease requires an "internal and external" combination.

In order to meet the goals of treatment and realize the treatment concept of long-term comprehensive management, a team is required to participate.

The team takes neurology and neurosurgeons as the main participants. In addition, it also needs the participation of psychiatrists, rehabilitation doctors, even rehabilitation therapists and other medical auxiliary departments to help play an important role in the differential diagnosis and treatment of diseases.

"Multidisciplinary cooperation can better accomplish the treatment goals of (Parkinson's disease)."

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

The "Embrace the Tulip" campaign was launched in 2017 and lasts for five years. It is dedicated to the education of professional doctors, patient disease science education, and popular disease knowledge dissemination of Parkinson's disease, helping the scientific and standardized development of Parkinson's disease diagnosis and treatment in China.

　　According to Professor Chen Haibo from the Department of Neurology of Beijing Hospital, in the past four years, the "Embrace the Tulip" campaign has held more than 100 professional doctor training sessions, covering more than 14,000 doctors; through more than 500 patient care operations, more than 100,000 patients have been rehabilitated. Establishing an understanding of Parkinson's disease has promoted the standardized treatment of Parkinson's disease.

　　As one of the highlights of the "Embrace the Tulip" campaign, the Anti-Pastel Dictionary project was officially launched.

The dictionary will be co-edited by multidisciplinary experts in the field of Parkinson's disease in China, aiming to improve Parkinson's disease patients, their families, grassroots doctors and the general public's awareness of Parkinson's disease and scientific treatment methods.

　　Professor Chen Shengdi from the Department of Neurology, Ruijin Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, said that the anti-pascal dictionary will be a healthy reading with companion and temperature. The content will cover diseases, medicines, surgery, rehabilitation and many other aspects. It is interesting, vivid, simple and practical. The style and form of the medicine can answer questions for the majority of patients and their families, avoid misunderstandings in treatment, and deepen the understanding of diseases and scientific treatment methods.

　　Chen Jianrong, director of Medtronic's neuromodulation business in Greater China, said that the anti-pascal dictionary will include professional terms related to the diagnosis and treatment of Parkinson's disease, and use plain and easy-to-understand language to help patients and their families understand, which will help the majority of patients and families to adopt a positive and optimistic attitude , Better coexist with Parkinson's disease.

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