ARISE Newsletter April 2017

ARISE NEWSLETTER ISSUE 01 | APRIL 2017

PARKINSON’S Disease INSIDE THIS ISSUE

What is Parkinson’s Disease?

Parkinson’s Facts?

Common Symptom’s

Guide for Care Providers and Nurses

What is PARKINSON’S Disease?

The World Parkinson’s awareness month will be celebrated on the 11th April 2017 in commemoration of the day of birth of Dr. James Parkinson, the English physician who first described the disease in his published article entitled, “An Essay of the Shaking Palsy”.

This aims to promote better understanding of how this complex condition entails individualized care to improve the quality of life of the patients and their family.

The red tulip is the symbol of World Parkinson’s Disease day. In 1980, A Dutch horticulturist named J.W.S Van der Wereld, who had Parkinson’s disease, cultivated a red and white tulip and named the flower as the Dr. James Parkinson' tulip. It was on April 11, 2005 that the red tulip was launched as the official symbol of Parkinson’s Disease worldwide.

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In Parkinson’s Disease, a person's brain slowly stops producing a neurotransmitter called dopamine. With less and less dopamine, a person has less and less ability to regulate their movements, body and emotions.

Normally, there are brain cells (neurons) in the human brain that produce dopamine.

These neurons concentrate in a particular area of the brain, called the substantia nigra. Dopamine is a chemical that relays messages between the substantia nigra and other parts

of the brain to control movements of the human body.

Dopamine helps humans to have smooth, coordinated muscle movements. When approximately 60 to 80% of the dopamine-producing cells are damaged, and do not produce enough dopamine, the motor symptoms of Parkinson's disease appear. This process of impairment of brain cells is called Neurodegeneration.

Approximately 4 million people worldwide suer from Parkinson’s disease ARISE Nursing Newsletter from University Hospital Sharjah

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Common SYMPTOMS Parkinson’s disease is a neurodegenerative condition, a disease affecting the vital nerve cells that control movement and coordination. It is a chronic, progressive disorder, wherein symptoms continue and worsen over time. According to the European Parkinson's Disease Association(EPDA), there are about 10 million people afflicted with this condition worldwide, affecting people regardless of race and culture.

Patients with Parkinson’s disease may experience varying symptoms from motor to non-motor symptoms. The most common symptoms are tremors, muscle rigidity, slowness of movement, pain, anxiety and depression.

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Guide for CARE PROVIDERS AND NURSES Patients with Parkinson’s disease require an individualized nursing care as this illness affects each patient differently from hour to hour, manifesting varying symptoms at different stages.

Medications must be administered on time, all the time, because of its “on/off nature”. It is the primary symptom-management. Closely monitor any changes throughout the care.

Risk for fall should be assessed and appropriate interventions shall be implemented to ensure the patient’s safety.

Access to a variety of a well-balanced diet is also vital in the care for these patients. Monitor any problem with swallowing to prevent aspiration.

Take time with the patient. Give them time to respond when communicating with them. It may seem difficult but it doesn’t mean that they don’t understand and are not listening.

Care providers and nurses need a high level of medical discretion, autonomy and good decision making skill in order to help a patient with Parkinson’s disease to lead a healthy lifestyle and maintain quality of life. Basically, all health professionals who are involved in the care must coordinate with each other and work as a team to enhance the care delivered to patients with Parkinson’s disease.

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Don’t Forget To Check UHS Newsletter For April April Edition of UHS Newsletter covers Details and Insignts of World Health Day’s theme Depression. This year’s theme focuses on the fact that, depression is a illness that can be cured by proper treatment and talking about the problems with Patient. Various topics like: Facts of Depression, Signs & Symptoms, Causes, Effects in UAE etc. are covered in this edition.

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