Parkinson’s disease is often called “shaking disease”, the incidence is relatively high in the elderly, with this disease, people’s hands and feet will shake uncontrollably, as the disease progresses, gradually lose the ability to take care of themselves, very painful. Yesterday, Dr. Fu Weiming, chief of the Department of Neurosurgery at the Second Hospital of Zhejiang Medical University, said that now, a pacemaker can be installed in the brain to relieve the symptoms of muscle tremors and stiffness through proper electrical stimulation, and the hospital has successfully done nearly 20 cases. Yang’s mother is 70 years old and has been suffering from Parkinson’s for 13 years. According to Yang’s son, at first, her mother only had a slight hand tremor, and the family thought it was just her habitual gesture and didn’t care. After that, the shaking condition became more and more powerful, and went to the hospital to take a look, only to know that is suffering from Parkinson’s disease. But at that time, medication was able to control the condition very effectively. “Take one or two pills and you’ll be fine for most of the day.” Unfortunately, as the disease progressed Yang’s symptoms became more and more severe, the dosage of medication became more and more limited, and the medication played a more and more limited role, “taking medication can only get better for so long.” The company’s main goal is to provide a solution to the problem of the problem. The two of them have a very poor quality of life, as they have to keep an eye on the movement next to them. The children asked around and heard that the second hospital in Zhejiang Province can operate to treat Parkinson’s disease, so they brought their mother to try. The procedure is called deep brain electrical stimulation, and doctors also refer to it colloquially as a “brain pacemaker”. It uses the most advanced minimally invasive neurosurgical techniques to implant electrodes into a predetermined target area of the brain and then connect the neurostimulator through a wire. The neurostimulator is usually implanted under the skin of the chest and is similar in size to a pacemaker. The neurostimulator sends pulsed signals to the electrodes in the brain, which regulate the electrophysiological signals in specific areas of the brain, thereby improving the patient’s symptoms. How do I choose the right time for surgery? In the early stages of Parkinson’s disease, symptoms can be well controlled with medications only, and surgery can be considered when medications are not effective in controlling the symptoms. Earlier surgery can improve the patient’s quality of life better and earlier, and the risk of surgery is relatively low. Dr. Weiming Fu, chief physician, explained that Parkinson’s symptoms show progressive progression and are irreversible. Many people know Parkinson’s only in terms of shaking hands and feet and stiffness, but in fact, this is only its main motor symptom. As the disease progresses, it will also develop various non-motor symptoms, such as constipation, frequent urination, balance disorders, dementia, etc. The improvement of Parkinson’s symptoms by surgery mainly lies in motor symptoms and is not effective for non-motor symptoms. Therefore, once Parkinson’s has progressed to an advanced stage and patients develop various non-motor symptoms, even if surgery improves motor symptoms, it is not significant to improve the quality of life of patients. At present, this technology is quite mature in Europe and the United States, and the Second Hospital of Zhejiang Province has also taken the lead in carrying out this surgery in the province.