A small study finds that some people lose their ability to swim when their Parkinsonรขโฌโขs disease is treated with deep brain stimulation.
Researchers identified nine cases of Parkinsonรขโฌโขs patients who effectively forgot how to swim after having a deep brain stimulation device implanted to control disease symptoms such as tremor, rigidity and slowed movement, according to the report published in Neurology.
รขโฌลNeurologists and patients should be aware of this potential effect of DBS, even if itรขโฌโขs rare,รขโฌย said study coauthor Dr. Christian Baumann, an associate professor in the department of neurology at the University Hospital of Zurich in Switzerland.
Itรขโฌโขs not clear how permanent the loss is.
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