"Parkinson's disease is now curable by educating the patients and through surgery," Assistant Professor Neurosurgery Ehsan Bari said as the walk held at the AKUH in partnership with the Pakistan Parkinson's Society (PPS).
The disease is spreading at an alarming rate in Pakistan and the number of patients with the neurological movement disorder is now over 450,000 whereas a large number of patients are unaware that this disease can be managed if diagnosed in time.
Parkinson's is a neurodegenerative brain disorder (NBD) that progresses slowly in most people, slowing down movement of a person causing limbs to shake and tremble.
In most cases, symptoms take years to develop and people live for years with the disease without any significant issue or problem. Anxiety is common among such patients because of fear of not remembering things and becoming immobile. Deep brain stimulation (DBS) can help reduce the symptoms of tremor, slowness, stiffness and walking problems caused by Parkinson's disease or essential tremor.