Brain Stimulation Clinic opens at CARE Hospitals

Banjara Hills: A Deep Brain Stimulation Clinic was inaugurated by Dr JMK Murthy, Head of the Department of Neurology, Care Hospitals, here on Tuesday. DBS Clinic offers Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) surgeries and other similar services to treat a wide spectrum of diseases such as Parkinson's disease, Cerebral Palsy, Dystonia, Essential Tremor, Intractable Spasticity dyskinesia, depression and chronic pain among others.

DBS is the advanced treatment option available for Parkinson's disease with motor fluctuations and side-effects from medicine. USA FDA has now approved this to be offered to patients early in the disease progression stage rather than waiting till the end. There is no definitive preventive strategy for Parkinson's disease. A healthy lifestyle and early diagnosis are helpful in disability limitation and care planning.

Prevalence of Parkinson's disease in India is around 300-400 out of 100,000, which is expected to multiply by 2030. Parkinson's disease is a chronic disabling neurological condition affecting people who are 60 years and above. When 80% of cell loss occurs in the brain, the first symptoms of Parkinson's disease appear. Usually, Parkinson's disease is manifested by tremors affecting initially one side of the body and later on both sides of the body, slowness in movement, change in handwriting, alteration in voice, balance disturbances and rigidity.