AIIMS to start dedicated clinic for advanced Parkinson's on April 16

The All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) will inaugurate a dedicated Parkinson’s Clinic on April 16.

In line with its various awareness programs for Parkinson’s disease, the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) is all set to inaugurate a dedicated clinic for advanced Parkinson’s on April 16.

On April 10, AIIMS Delhi conducted a marathon on Parkinson’s Disease Awareness which was flagged off by Director Randeep Guleria. More than 500 participants ran in the marathon.

On April 13, the institute conducted a Public Awareness Lecture on “Parkinson’s Disease–Integrated Health Care”.

Parkinson’s Clinic to help patients in advanced stages

The clinic will help patients in advanced stages of Parkinson’s disease, said doctors of AIIMS, as reported by Hindustan Times.

The hospital already has a movement disorder clinic that also looks after patients with Parkinson’s disease. However, this new clinic will focus on those who have reached the advanced stages of the disease.

The clinic will be headed by Dr Achal Kumar Srivastava, professor of Clinical Neurophysiology in the department of neurology, AIIMS.

“In the initial years of Parkinson’s disease, patients do very well with medicines but as time passes, the effect of medicines starts waning and after about eight-nine years nearly 80% of the patients face this. We call that motor fluctuation. At this time, we alter medication but that also does not last for very long,” said Dr Roopa Rajan, assistant professor, department of neurology, AIIMS.

"At this time, doctors offer a surgical procedure called deep brain stimulation, which is a surgical procedure that involves implanting electrodes in the brain, which deliver electrical impulses that block or change the abnormal activity that causes symptoms," she said.

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