In the past, she was reluctant to meet people because her illness made her afraid to communicate with them; now, wherever she is, her laughter conveys happiness. Parkinson’s disease was misdiagnosed as “depression and anxiety disorder” In 2012, Ms. Zhao, a native of Shanxi, happened to notice a slight tremor in her right hand, which she did not care about at first, but later the tremor spread from her right hand to the right side of her body, and she went to a local hospital, where she was diagnosed with depression and anxiety disorder and was hospitalized in the psychiatric department for half a month. In 2016, she was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease at another hospital and started taking medications such as Medroba. She said, “The effect was more obvious when she first started taking the medication, and after she finished eating, she stopped shaking and didn’t feel so uncomfortable. To the later stages of the effect of taking drugs is getting worse and worse, the whole person is very uncomfortable, every day is taking drugs non-stop, less than three hours to take a drug, the dose of drugs also increased a lot, every day is very painful.” Later, through someone else’s introduction, Ms. Zhao and her family were diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease and recommended to be treated by DBS surgery after a consultation in April 2018. After the brain pacemaker was turned on, the tremor and shaking disappeared like normal people As their home was out of town, Ms. Zhao and her family did not receive surgery immediately and felt that it was too far from home, so they returned to their hometown and continued medication. Later, they wanted to have a brain pacemaker surgery at a local hospital, but due to the limitations of local medical conditions, they needed to rent instruments and external experts to do the surgery. So, Ms. Zhao and her family returned to the neurosurgery department here again in November to prepare for the surgery. From April to November, Ms. Zhao’s condition had progressed from severe tremor and shaking on the right side at the beginning to tremor and shaking on the left side as well. After various preoperative examinations, it was determined that Ms. Zhao’s physical condition was qualified for surgery, and she underwent brain pacemaker surgery. One month after the surgery, Ms. Zhao and her husband returned to the neurosurgery department of the hospital to turn on the pacemaker implanted in her body. After the switch-on, Ms. Zhao’s tremor and shaking disappeared, and she walked with complete freedom, no longer moving with the same slowness as before. “After the surgery, she laughed and laughed every day.” “During the years she had Parkinson’s disease, the situation became worse day by day. All day at home, the mental state is not good at all.” Ms. Zhao’s husband said, “After the surgery, her body tremor and shaking are gone, her walking is not so slow, and the most crucial thing is that her spirit has become better, her mood has also become better, and she is back to her previous personality that loves to talk and enjoys talking with others. Ms. Zhao’s family also said, “Thanks to the hospital, treating patients very patiently, thinking of patients, explaining our condition every time without any trouble, every time medical services are in place, and we are very satisfied with the results of the surgery.” Life has been miraculous, allowing Ms. Zhao to resume her daily life as before, doing housework and walking around the house. No matter how painful her previous memories of Parkinson’s disease were, she now has her laughter back!
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