Bangalore hospital claims Parkinson’s breakthrough

Bangalore, June 27 : Columbia Asia Referral Hospital in Yeshwanthpur, has claimed that it has achieved success in curing neuro-degenerative disorder Parkinson's disease after conducting Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) surgery.

New developments like DBS technology helped one of it's patient Nagraj (name changed) and many others like him to return to a normal life.

Nagraj underwent Deep Brain stimulation surgery at Columbia Asia Referral Hospital, Yeshwanthpur, Bangalore.

Post-surgery he has shown significant improvements and is back to performing all his routine activities, the hospital authority claimed.

The doses of his medicines have come down and the side effects of medicines have reduced.

Nagaraj, a scholar by profession, was suffering from Parkinson's disease for the past 10 years. He suffered from slowness of movements, difficulty maintaining balance, muscle rigidity and tremors.

He was on medication for several years which resulted in severe side effects in the form of dizziness and hallucinations. He thought that he would now be reduced to a bedridden person and had almost given up on life.

The main feature of Parkinson's disease involves disruption of motor functions (muscle and movement). However, lack of energy, mood changes, memory loss and pain can also occur as part of the disease.

Parkinson's disease (PD) is the second most common neuro-degenerative disorder, after Alzheimer's disease, primarily affecting the elderly people.

It usually affects patients above 60 years.

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