Parkinson’s: new research to combat two symptoms of the disease

The Parkinson’s disease and between the two most common degenerative diseases among the elderly and despite this at the moment little can be done. For the same reason, there are numerous active researches that try to reach new useful results. For example, a new study appears to have found a way to mitigate two of the symptoms – the difficulty walking ei trouble sleeping.

Parkinson’s and two new solutions

Behind the difficult walk is theorthostatic hypotension which occurs with a sudden change in blood pressure. It can happen to anyone, such as getting out of bed too quickly, but for Parkinson’s patients it is more frequent due todifferent influx to the brain. The solution found by the study is a implantation in the spinal cord which has already been experienced in some paralyzed people. For this study it was tested on some volunteers and the results have opened up this new possibility, even if it is still to be explored.

For nocturnal problems, on the other hand, there seems to be a specific drug. To begin with, the root of this is the lack of dopamineamong other things, and the drug known as apomorphine it has the ability to replace this substance. The problem in using the aforementioned is actually that at the end of effectiveness it has a negative effect. Thanks to the use of a insulin pump which works throughout the night, however, the Parkinson’s patient may continue to receive a minimal but effective amount of the drug. The results on the first volunteers were encouraging.