What should a Parkinson’s patient expect after having brain pacemaker surgery?

Parkinson’s disease is a slowly progressing disease, the abnormal symptoms of the limbs, very much affecting the patient’s self-care life, in order to effectively control the symptoms of self-care life, patients need to take medication for life, but the drug treatment is effective in the first few years, with the prolongation of the patient’s disease course, the body’s resistance to enhance, resulting in a decline in the effectiveness of the drug, the emergence of side effects of the drug, increasing the patient’s pain and difficulty in the treatment. Surgery to make up for the lack of drug treatment, in the drug treatment decline, greatly affecting the patient’s life, consider surgery, through the bilateral deep brain electrical stimulation treatment, effectively improve the bilateral limb trembling, stiffness, slow movement, walking difficulties and other symptoms, so that the patient’s symptoms every day is in a smooth, good state, able to take care of their own lives, but also reduce the amount of medication after the operation, and then reduce the medication! Side effects. What should the patients with Parkinson’s disease implanted with pacemaker pay attention to in their daily life? 1, avoid excessive flexion and extension exercise: we advocate that patients still need to adhere to the rehabilitation exercise after surgery, however, postoperative patients exercise should be relaxed, avoid sudden, excessive, strong movements pulling the implanted parts of the pacemaker. Excessive head bowing, neck twisting, jumping or stretching may cause the part to break or dislocate. Broken or displaced components can cause interruption of electrical stimulation, discontinuity, and irritation at the site of the break, therefore, patients should especially avoid excessive bending of the neck. Do not touch the implanted components repeatedly: Patients should not touch or rub the stimulation system components (stimulator, leads, or bone holes) repeatedly, as this may result in damage to the components or abrasion of the skin. 3, the patient’s activity environment prevention: patients should be careful to avoid close to the equipment that generates strong electromagnetic fields during activities. Proximity to the vicinity of strong electromagnetic fields can cause the stimulator to turn on or off. Because of battery consumption or other reasons, the stimulation system can also be accidentally turned off. If a patient’s symptoms suddenly worsen near a strong electromagnetic field, it is possible that the stimulator is turned off. 4. Diving: The patient should not dive deeper than 10 meters and the pressure in the hyperbaric chamber should not be greater than 2.0 absolute atmospheres (ATA). Exceeding this limit may affect the neurostimulator. The patient should consult a physician before diving or hyperbaric oxygen therapy. Finally, because there may be differences in the type of brain pacemaker implanted in a patient, the patient should consult with his or her physician about the need to operate with the machine turned off during some treatments or tests, such as MRI. With the development of technology, the brain pacemaker’s will also be developed to fine, such as the battery delicate, reduce the patient’s capsule load. If not affected by magnetic fields, patients are more free and no longer worry about accidental shutdown. If the stimulator is used for a longer time, reducing the number of stimulator replacements, there are already products that can be used for 10 to 15 years, the future will be better, patients and their families must have confidence in the treatment.