Hello everyone!

It is "Kumagai Internal Medicine and Neurology Clinic" in Motomachi Chinatown, Yokohama.

 

This time, I would like to introduce the disease Parkinson's disease and new treatments that will be put into practical use.

 

• What is Parkinson's disease?

Parkinson's disease is a disease in which the brain is weakened due to a lack of dopamine, a neurotransmitter in the body, and the body cannot move as expected.

It often occurs mainly between the ages of 50 and 60, and there are estimated to be 150,000 patients in Japan.

 

 

• Current treatments for Parkinson's disease

Parkinson's disease cannot be completely treated, but it can relieve symptoms.

This hospital also focuses on pharmacotherapy, and observes the progress while monitoring the patient's physical condition and the effects of the medicine.

 

• Future treatments for Parkinson's disease

It is expected that regenerative medicine including iPS cells will play an active role in the future.

Already in 2018, Kyoto University was treated to transplant nerve cells made from iPS cells into patients with Parkinson's disease.

 

It is almost until the time when anyone can cure the disease with iPS cells.