{"id":2644,"date":"2007-05-06T12:33:40","date_gmt":"2007-05-06T12:33:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/diyhealth.com\/?p=2644"},"modified":"2020-05-15T16:05:52","modified_gmt":"2020-05-15T10:35:52","slug":"younger-parkinsons-patients-may-have-better-life-quality-than-their-older-counterparts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/drprem.com\/globalhealthcare\/younger-parkinsons-patients-may-have-better-life-quality-than-their-older-counterparts","title":{"rendered":"Younger Parkinson's patients may have better life quality than their older counterparts"},"content":{"rendered":"
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If anyone you know, suffering from Parkinson’s disease, is aged below 65, let him know that he has all hopes to improve<\/a> his quality of life. Such hopes are less for individuals older than 65 and are suffering form the disease.<\/p>\n

This is because, unlike the younger patients (aged below 65), in the older ones, though deep brain stimulation reduces motor complications, the quality of life can’t eventually be improved.
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\nWhen medication fails in treating the disease, motor complications are reduced by deep brain stimulation, but this unfortunately does not improve one’s life quality<\/strong>, according to a new study.<\/p>

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Dr. Philippe-Pierre Derost from Hopital Gabriel Montpied, Clermont-Ferrand, France said,<\/p>\n

Lack of quality-of-life improvement … raises the question of whether deep brain stimulation is appropriate for the parkinsonian population over 65 years old. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Derost said,<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, such predictive factors are still not identified. A study is being performed in our department to detect these potential predictive factors to help determine who should undergo deep brain stimulation.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

So, younger people suffering from Parkinson’s disease, you can have all hopes to live an improved life – just have the will and the medication. <\/strong><\/p>\n

Photo: virginia.edu<\/p>\n

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