New study has shown that deep brain stimulation (DBS) can actually improve the life expectancy of patients who are having severe disease like advanced Parkinson’s disease.
Researchers of University of Florida and 14 other medial centers showed the result in the online version of the Lancet Neurology journal. Parkinson’s drugs can have adverse side effects on patients which include tremors, slowness of movement, motor disability to name a few. St. Jude Medical Inc., who has sponsored the test have come up with a DBS device with the help of St. Jude Medical to help reduce the effects of the disease with this device. The research showed that people under the effective symptom control also known as “on time” seems to have a better control over their involuntary movements. Patients who were getting stimulation showed a good increase in their daily work, mobility, emotional well being and physical health.
Dr. Michael S, Okun, first author of the study, administrative director of the UF College of Medicine’s Center for Movement Disorders and Neurorestoration, and the National Medical Director for the National Parkinson Foundation, highlighted that he thinks that with time there will be a lot of improvement in DBS device and was hopeful that lot of patients will get benefits from it.
The procedure is that an electrode is imparted in the brain which is connected to a device, the electrical currents are passed through it and the brain is rectified, the surgeons detects the problem area of the brain and the operation is done according to that. Research, is also going on in Baylor College of Medicine Columbia University, the University of Miami, Texas Health Presbyterian to name a few. Study confirms that the electrical currents given gently to the certain brain type with patients having advanced Parkinson’s disease will improve with time. The improvement in the device and transmittal system will get better.
The use of DBS was approved by FDA way back in 2002. The United States is suffering heavily due to Parkinson’s disease as 500,000 people have Parkinson’s and about 50,000 new cases of disease comes each year, as reported by National Institute of Neurological Disorder and Stroke.
The study has been a wake up call for health organizations and new innovative development in this field as early as possible will only help to deduce the impact of disease that has struck America The infection rate is also come down drastically from 10% to 4% as highlighted by Dr. Gordon H Baltuch, a professor of neurosurgery in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and a study author. Due to research taking place allover the doctor are extremely optimistic about DBS device helping curing the Parkinson’s disease.
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