World Parkinson's Day: Patients increased after Covid, youth are also becoming victims, know who is more at risk of this disease?

Parkinson's disease is a disorder caused by an abnormality in certain parts of the brain, which leads to difficulty in physical-mental balance and coordination, which also affects the normal functioning of life. According to the statistics of the year 2016, about 6 lakh people were victims of this disease in the country, although, after the corona epidemic, there has been a rapid increase in its cases.

In Parkinson's disease, normal functioning of lifestyle like walking, even holding on to anything becomes difficult. World Parkinson's Day is celebrated every year on 11 April for the prevention and awareness of this growing problem globally.

Researchers found that the side effects of the corona epidemic that started in late 2019 have also increased the cases of Parkinson's disease. Generally, it was considered to be a problem with aging, but neurological symptoms of Parkinson's disease like confusion, loss of memory, and imbalance of body posture are being seen more after the corona epidemic.

Side effects of Covid-19
Covid-19 affected the central nervous system of the brain. After the epidemic, its cases have increased by about 2%. The study, conducted by researchers at the University of Queensland in Australia, found that the SARS-CoV-2 virus triggers an inflammatory response in the brain similar to that observed during Parkinson's disease.

Research has shown that the coronavirus affects immune cells called microglia in the brain. These cells usually become overactive in Parkinson's disease and produce inflammatory chemicals.

What do researchers say?
Professor Trent Woodruff, the author of the study, says, we found in research that in some patients these cells were causing much more inflammatory problems, this type of problem was seen in brain diseases like Parkinson's and Alzheimer's till now before the corona epidemic. Have been

Professor Woodruff says that there have been problems like brain fog in Long Covid, this may also be the reason for increasing Parkinson's disease.

What do researchers say?
Currently, more studies are needed to understand the relationship between COVID and Parkinson's. However, it cannot be assumed that all patients with COVID-19 are at risk of Parkinson's disease.

Preliminary research analyzing symptoms of long Covid found that about 40 percent of patients may have some symptoms. The situation will be clear after this research on how the coronavirus affects the parts of the brain.
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