Sergei Illarioshkin, academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences and deputy director for scientific work of the Center for Neuroscience, told Gazeta that it is possible to delay the onset of Parkinson’s disease by 3-5 years if you apply all methods to prevent the disease. .Ru.
“If, as a result of all the recommendations, we can delay the onset of Parkinson’s disease by 3-5 years, this will already be a great success. “After all, new treatment methods may emerge in these five years,” he said.
In his opinion, it is highly undesirable for a patient with Parkinson’s disease to come into contact with pesticides and other toxins that have proven risk factors.
“For such a person, participation in sports associated with the possibility of mild but repeated traumatic brain injuries is excluded. It is extremely important for him to get enough sleep at night, because the lack of normal night sleep is a poor functioning of the brain’s own lymphatic system, since during sleep pathological proteins are “washed out” from the brain tissue,” Illarioshkin described.
In addition, the neurologist concluded that, in his opinion, it has already been proven that inhalation of some fine smoke particles from forest fires is also directly related to the development of neurodegeneration.
Read more about the latest developments in the diagnosis and treatment of the disease, as well as what awaits such patients in 10 years – in report Illarioshkina “socialbites.ca”.
It was before named The first symptom of Parkinson’s disease.