Montpellier: World Parkinson’s Day, giving meaning to your life

From many people with this disease, their loved ones and those with a keen interest in Parkinson’s disease were there on Thursday. Within World Parkinson’s Day11 April, Committee 34 France Parkinson invited this 25th of April people susceptible to this disease, a number of conferences AND workshops to find out more, go toPitot space in the center Montpellier.

James Parkinson This doctor and the British sociologist who pioneered the discovery of this disease in 1817. At the time, he was able to mark the history of neurology by describing a little-known condition: anxiety paralysis. This pathology has been renamed Parkinson’s disease French neurologist, Jean-Martin Charcotin his honor.

From 1997to commemorate the birth of James Parkinson and to raise public awareness of it neurodegenerative disease which affects thousands of people,World Health Organization declared April 11 as World Parkinson’s Day.

A varied and rich program for this day of mobilization

“We are here today to see options and actions that can be taken beyond medications to live better in everyday life.”

IN the course of this dayParticipants had access to information boards, a workshop for educators and board games to stimulate cognitive function and fine motor skills, and a series of conferences were organized from 14:30 to raise awareness among the audience:

• Create Dopamine through Heart Coherence, Christelle Toure, Sophrologist
• “Activate your strengths against Parkinson’s disease”, Pascal Bremer, psychotherapist
• Board games for cognitive stimulation and fine motor skills by Delphine Macke, Speech-Language Pathologist, and Jeffrey Dessey, Occupational Therapist.
• Singing workshop of Committee 34: Workshop for care assistants led by Veronica Mervey.
• The role of the limbic system, the area of ​​emotions, memory and learning in Parkinson’s disease, dopamine creativity, Dr. Ophelie Forster, neurologist at the Guy de Chauliac Clinic in Montpellier.

“In the Shadow of Tremors”

“Hope remains a guide. Hearts are united, despite the tremors of the void…”

A warm atmosphere reigned in the hall. Room of Guillaume de Nogaret. Dozen costs have been rolled out offering various offers for people suffering from this disease. Among these, alternative treatments To pharmaceutical treatment such as aquatic therapy and support psychological were presented, as well as information materials provided to the public.

But that was not all. Belonging games created for stimulate motor skills were also offered, giving participants the opportunity to have fun while working on their physical abilities.

THAT conferences also marked the high point of the day. In particular, sophrologist Christelle Toure captivated the participants by explaining the benefits sophrology in the fight against the symptoms of the disease. In a live demonstration, she demonstrated how to improve cardiac coherencethus giving those present a glimmer of hope: “I have seen many patients stop the tremors during the sessions,” she shared, leaving those present feeling optimistic and inspired.

Remy and his partner Celestine, two brave participantstouched the audience by reading poem written by itself, from the title “In the Shadow of Tremors”dedicated to his ” fellow travelers : carers, volunteers and professionals, as well as all those who have been directly or indirectly associated with this disease.”

What is Parkinson’s disease?

There disease Parkinson’s disease is different deterioration slow dopaminergic neurons, located in the substantia nigra of the brain. These cells are responsible for the synthesis of dopamine, neurotransmitter is crucial for the regulation of movements. Motor symptoms such as tremorthere muscle stiffness And problems with walking, often characterize this disease. Non-motor manifestations such as fatigue Where gastrointestinal disorders can also happen.

There are 3 main factors risk for this disease: agingFactors environmental AND genetics.

L’age is a major risk factor for Parkinson’s disease. Researchers even predict that number of cases could double by 2040 due to the aging of the world population.

Long term exposure chemical goods or solvents may increase the risk of developing this disease, but are rarely the sole cause.

For Genoa, they should be understood as the sentence that makes up the book. Responsible for provision instructions the body to produce squirrels necessary for the proper functioning of our body, if a modification occurs in a gene, it will alteration in these “instructions” and this can have a more or less significant impact and potentially lead to diseases such as Parkinson’s disease. First mutation involvement in Parkinson’s disease has been identified in 1997 V SNCA genewhich allows the production of a protein called alpha-synuclein.

The disease in a few numbers

Parkinson’s disease affects almost 4000 people in L’Ero. You should know that in from 85 to 90% cases of Parkinson’s diseaseunknown origin And in from 10 to 15% cases, thisgenetic origin.

According to France Parkinson’s sources, 1 in 50 French will be affected during its existence, with 27,000 new cases occurring every year.
There are more than 60 symptoms feelings, the main ones being slownessthere rigiditythere dysphagia (difficulty swallowing) and dystonia (involuntary muscle contractions).

France Parkinson, French Association

“Our mission is to bring patients and caregivers together to face Parkinson’s disease in the city, on the coast or in the countryside.”

France Parkinson is an association founded in 1984 that fights this disease every day together with interested people.

Works as planned National through awareness-raising and information activities, and support for research, as well as at local are as close as possible to the needs of sick people, thanks to more than 600 volunteers and distributed in 82 committees throughout France.

IT HAS MontpellierThis Committee 34 who controls. And in the region there are currently three branches: one in the city. GignacIt has Bezierand to Set. As Committee 34’s Daniel notes, “It’s important to know that half of the delegates are affected from Parkinson’s disease“.

IN 2023the association supported 12 projects research in general to better understand and treat Parkinson’s disease.

THAT missions associations include:

• Inform and education on disease, treatment and support
• Support and to help patients and their loved ones
• Fund, encourage and contribute study

This is a serious illness diagnose and to treatbut science allows small and sometimes big people to move forward in research AND solutions for people with Parkinson’s disease.

If you need information about Parkinson’s disease, you can contact the information line 01 45 20 22 20.
If you need support, the French Parkinson’s Association listening service is here to answer all your questions on 01 43 43 43 15.

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