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Nearly one million Americans suffer from Parkinson’s disease. Those with Parkinson’s experience muscle tremors, rigidity of movement, fatigue and difficulties maintaining balance. Medications can help alleviate these symptoms by replenishing lost stores of chemicals in the brain.
While there is no cure for Parkinson’s disease, UT Southwestern Medical Center physicians and surgeons are at the forefront of providing patients with the medication and surgical treatments needed to help them more effectively manage their symptoms.
New surgical procedures, which may partially replace medication for the management of some Parkinson’s disease symptoms, are available to patients at UT Southwestern. The procedure helps improve stiffness, tremors and slowness by implanting tiny electrical devices in the brain that are controlled by a pacemaker-like device. Surgeons who perform this procedure report that it works much like medication does, but can be more precisely controlled for better results.
In addition to Parkinson’s disease, some of the other conditions we treat include:
- Huntington’s disease
- Tremor disorders
- Tic disorders
- Dystonia
- Other movement disorders
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