What is Parkinson’s disease like? How can it affect human health? What are the best ways to deal with Parkinson’s? Let’s lift the veil of mystery of Parkinson’s disease. What causes Parkinson’s disease? Parkinson’s disease is a degenerative disease of the elderly, mostly occurring in the elderly population after the age of 60, but in recent years there is also a trend of rejuvenation. The nigrostriatum regulates the body’s motor functions by synthesizing the neurotransmitter dopamine. When the substantia nigra striata degenerates, a significant decrease in the amount of dopamine occurs and the symptoms of Parkinson’s disease appear. To date, the etiology of Parkinson’s disease is still not completely clear. It is generally believed that primary Parkinson’s disease is mainly related to a combination of factors such as ageing, genetics and the environment. In addition, Parkinson’s disease can also occur secondary to cerebrovascular lesions, and cerebral ischemia can accelerate the development of the disease. Therefore, it can be said that prevention of cerebral ischemia, prevention of vascular sclerosis and avoidance of cerebrovascular lesions is an effective way to prevent Parkinson’s disease. What are the main symptoms of Parkinson’s disease? Symptoms of Parkinson’s disease include involuntary tremor of limbs at rest, fatigue, muscle stiffness, slow movement, low speech and postural balance disorders, resulting in inability to take care of oneself and seriously affecting the quality of life of the elderly. Parkinson’s disease itself does not usually affect intelligence, but can be combined with dementia. In addition, it may be associated with psychological disorders, such as depression, because some elderly people are lonely or have difficulty adapting to physical aging or worrying too much about the disease. What are the current treatments for Parkinson’s disease? First of all, it should be clear that there is still no cure for Parkinson’s disease. However, early detection and early treatment of symptoms still have good efficacy and can improve patients’ symptoms and quality of life. Therefore, family members should be more concerned about the elderly, once found that the elderly appear limb tremor, slow movement, limb weakness, etc., should draw attention to the early hospital to seek the help of neurologists, to develop a reasonable treatment plan, rational use of medication, to prolong the role of the drug time. Nowadays, the commonly used drugs are anticholinergic agents, levodopa compound agents and dopamine agonists, etc. Most of the early treatments have good efficacy; the more serious ones can also be treated by surgery. In addition, Chinese medicine has clear efficacy in the treatment of Parkinson’s disease. Reasonable application of Chinese medicine can not only reduce the dosage of western medicine, but also reduce the toxic side effects of western medicine. Chinese medicine generally believes that Parkinson’s disease belongs to the deficiency of liver and kidney, and the weakness of qi and blood, which leads to the loss of muscle and vein nourishment and tremor and other symptoms, and the treatment mainly focuses on tonifying the liver and kidney, replenishing the qi and blood, and activating the blood and collaterals. What do I need to pay attention to in home care for Parkinson’s disease patients? Symptoms such as tremor, fatigue and balance disorders will affect the flexibility of Parkinson’s patients’ limbs and affect their daily life, such as not being able to walk, not being able to hold chopsticks, or even being bedridden. Therefore, attentive care and concern from family members are crucial to the patient’s condition control and mental health. At home, care should be taken to keep the floor of the patient’s activity space clean to prevent the patient from slipping. There should be night lighting by the bedside, and it is best to install pull handles on the bathtub and the wall to facilitate the patient’s activities; at the same time, family members should try to let the patient keep his/her action independent under the condition of ensuring the patient’s safety; encourage the patient to read and write, and to participate in sports appropriately, and taking a walk, tai chi and so on, are all good choices. When the patient goes out, it is best to be accompanied by someone to prevent accidents. Diet, pay attention to strengthen the nutrition, give patients to eat easy to digest food, and to stop smoking and limit alcohol.