Changing stroke rehab and research worldwide now.Time is Brain! trillions and trillions of neurons that DIE each day because there are NO effective hyperacute therapies besides tPA(only 12% effective). I have 523 posts on hyperacute therapy, enough for researchers to spend decades proving them out. These are my personal ideas and blog on stroke rehabilitation and stroke research. Do not attempt any of these without checking with your medical provider. Unless you join me in agitating, when you need these therapies they won't be there.

What this blog is for:

My blog is not to help survivors recover, it is to have the 10 million yearly stroke survivors light fires underneath their doctors, stroke hospitals and stroke researchers to get stroke solved. 100% recovery. The stroke medical world is completely failing at that goal, they don't even have it as a goal. Shortly after getting out of the hospital and getting NO information on the process or protocols of stroke rehabilitation and recovery I started searching on the internet and found that no other survivor received useful information. This is an attempt to cover all stroke rehabilitation information that should be readily available to survivors so they can talk with informed knowledge to their medical staff. It lays out what needs to be done to get stroke survivors closer to 100% recovery. It's quite disgusting that this information is not available from every stroke association and doctors group.

Wednesday, February 20, 2019

Are we facing a Parkinson's pandemic?

Well with the additional cases from stroke, no wonder a pandemic is occurring. 

Parkinson’s Disease May Have Link to Stroke March 2017

 

Are we facing a Parkinson's pandemic?

Healthline/Medical News Today | February 04, 2019
According to one new study paper, evidence is emerging that Parkinson's disease is becoming a pandemic. The authors discuss their concerns and the challenges ahead.
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Parkinson's disease is a neurodegenerative condition. Primarily affecting the motor regions of the central nervous system, symptoms tend to develop slowly. Over time, even simple movements become difficult; and, as the disease progresses, dementia is common. Historically, Parkinson's was rare. In 1855, for instance, just 22 people living in the UK died with Parkinson's disease. Today, in the US, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) estimate that about half a million people are living with the disease.
Recently, a group of experts from the field of movement disorders published an article in the Journal of Parkinson's Disease. Titled "The emerging evidence of the Parkinson's pandemic," the authors outline their growing concerns and what might be done.

A pandemic?

Globally, neurological disorders are the leading cause of disability. Of these, Parkinson's disease is the fastest-growing. From 1990–2015, the number of people living with Parkinson's doubled to more than 6.2 million. By 2040, experts predict that that number will reach 12 million. The term "pandemic" is normally associated with diseases that can spread from person to person. Of course, this does not apply to Parkinson's. However, according to the study authors, the condition's spread does share some of the characteristics of a pandemic.
For instance, it is a global concern that is present in every region of the planet. It is also becoming more prevalent in all regions that scientists have assessed. Additionally, pandemics tend to move geographically. In the case of Parkinson's disease, it seems to be moving from West to East as demographics slowly change.
Some researchers also believe that although people cannot "catch" noncommunicable conditions such as diabetes through contact with pathogens, they may still be pandemics. They explain that these conditions are still communicable via new types of vectors—namely, social, political, and economic trends.
In the case of diabetes, for instance, one author argues that we are transmitting risk factors across the world. Such factors include "ultraprocessed food and drink, alcohol, tobacco products, and wider social and environmental changes that limit physical activity."

Increasing risk

Because Parkinson's primarily affects people as they grow older, the steady increase in humanity's average age means an inevitable increase in the prevalence of Parkinson's. This slow lift in our average age is not the only factor playing into the hands of a potential epidemic. Some studies show that, even when analysis accounts for increasing age, Parkinson's disease still seems to be becoming more prevalent. This means that the average older adult today has an increased risk of developing Parkinson's disease. The study authors outline some of the factors that appear to be increasing the risk of Parkinson's disease today.

1 comment:

  1. In 1855 diagnostic methods were not refined, there may have been more Parkinson sufferers hidden away in back rooms, and they were just diagnosed as dying of old age, or maybe a fall caused by their poor gait. AND not that this would affect the results you are referring to, but, apparently a consequence of having Covid19 can be Parkinson's.

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