Jimu News Reporter Liao Shiqi
Correspondent Zhou Shan
Recently, the death of actor Zheng Peipei has attracted people's attention to neurodegenerative atypical Parkinson's syndrome.
According to media reports, in 2019, Zheng Peipei was diagnosed with neurodegenerative atypical parkinsonism, informally known as corticobasal degeneration (CBD), a rare disease whose symptoms are similar to those of Parkinson's disease resemblance.
So, what exactly is CBD? Li Jin, deputy director and chief physician of the first ward of the Neurology Department of Yangtze Shipping General Hospital, said that CBD is a rare neurodegenerative disease and a type of Parkinson's superposition syndrome. The general age of onset is 60 to 80 years old. What are the symptoms of
cbd? Li Jin pointed out that this disease damages the cortex and basal ganglia of the brain. The symptoms are apraxia, aphasia, cortical sensory impairment, etc. caused by cortical damage, as well as movement disorders caused by basal ganglia damage. The core is also used to distinguish The symptoms of other movement disorders are significantly asymmetric myotonia and apraxia. Patients often have significantly increased muscle tone and significantly restricted movement in one limb, while the other limb has relatively mild symptoms. At the same time, the apraxia is manifested by often wearing clothes backwards and being unable to button buttons or twist bottle caps with one hand.
Li Jin said that unfortunately, there is currently no effective treatment for CBD. After early detection and diagnosis, dopaminergic drug treatment, auxiliary rehabilitation treatment and training can temporarily relieve symptoms. Treatments currently being actively explored include deep brain stimulation surgery (brain pacemaker), stem cell transplantation, immunotherapy and gene therapy.
(Source: Jimu News)
