For Parkinsonâs Disease Patients, Effective Implantable Therapy Can Now Last Up to 15 Years
(BPT) - Parkinson s Disease (PD) impacts up to one in 15 individuals in the United States. People with PD often experience symptoms that impact their movement, like tremors, shuffling feet while walking, freezing, and stiffness in the arms and legs. While medications are available to help address these symptoms, they may become less effective over time or cause unacceptable side effects like uncontrolled movements called dyskinesias.
For Parkinson s Disease patients seeking relief from some of their motor symptoms, Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) can be a very effective treatment option. DBS is an individualized therapy delivered from a small pacemaker-like device, placed under the skin of the chest or abdomen. It sends electrical signals through very thin wires to a targeted area in the brain related to the symptoms they are experiencing. By interrupting the electrical signals
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