How to treat Parkinson's disease in the elderly

Update Date: 2023-08-26 Source: Network

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If the elderly at home feel dizzy and numb, it's better to take them to the hospital for diagnosis and treatment, because they may have Parkinson's disease. Some time ago, their second aunt was found to have Parkinson's disease. She is over 60 years old and always feels shaking. Let's tell you how to treat Parkinson's disease!

How to treat Parkinson's disease in the elderly

Method 1: after the elderly suffering from Parkinson's disease, they can use drugs to control it. It has certain effect if they insist on it. Parkinson's disease can not be completely cured at present, and there is no so-called special drug. The common therapeutic drugs are levodopa preparations and dopamine receptor activators. At present, only drug therapy plus surgery plus psychological education plus rehabilitation training can be used to control the disease and improve the symptoms.

Method 2: Parkinson's disease in the choice of drugs should pay attention to avoid the following drugs and food: ban vitamin B6 (reduce the efficacy), ban gastrointestinal motility drugs (reduce the absorption rate), glaucoma patients with caution with dopamine (pay attention to the change of intraocular pressure), three meals less protein food (reduce its efficacy).

Method 3: in the treatment of Parkinson's disease at the same time, we should pay attention to the psychological rehabilitation treatment of patients, the most common performance is depression, and some performance for anxiety or emotional apathy, to the middle and late may appear mental hyperactivity, even hallucination. If there are mental symptoms, antipsychotic drugs should not be added immediately, but should be reduced or stopped.

matters needing attention

Parkinson's disease needs lifelong treatment, but it is also treated in stages. Different drugs are used in different stages and different people use different drugs. Grasp the general principle is "long flow, do not seek full effect", during the treatment, patients should be more outdoor activities, can be appropriate exercise, is good for recovery.