World Parkinson’s Day… Ministry of Health: It is predicted that the disease will increase in the TRNC

The Ministry of Health noted that there are around 10 million Parkinson’s patients in the world, and these patients are mostly seen in adults between the ages of 40-70 and 5 percent in adults aged 20-40.

In a statement on the occasion of April 11, World Parkinson’s Day, the Ministry of Health stated that since the frequency of the disease increases with age, the incidence of the disease increases in countries where the elderly population is high, and that the number of Parkinson’s patients seen in the Turkish Cypriot community, which is among the rapidly aging societies, is predicted to increase.

In the statement, it was also noted that the incidence of Parkinson’s disease, which is a neurodegenerative movement disorder, is 50 percent higher in men than in women.

In the statement, it was emphasized that psychiatric complaints and forgetfulness can be added to the disease, which can be accompanied by symptoms such as a decrease in facial expressions, slowing and difficulty in movements, tremors in the hands at rest, stiffness in the joints, walking with small steps, falls, bending forward in body posture.

Pointing out that Parkinson’s disease is the only neurodegenerative disease in which symptoms can be improved and the patient’s life less affected by existing treatments, the Ministry of Health said that there is information that early treatment, especially in Parkinson’s, helps delay the progression of the disease and prolongs quality of life.