Huntington Disease Polyclinic
Huntington
Disease is a genetic disorder affecting movements, behaviors and reminiscence,
typically starting at the age of 30-50. Nerve Cells are degenerated gradually
in Huntington's disease. Patients with involuntary movements apply most of the
time. If either of the parents has genetic abnormality, the possibility of
becoming ill is %50. It is believe that there are much more Huntington patients
than estimated in our country. Patients and patient relatives are followed in
our polyclinic. Genetic tests are performed after genetic counselling. A
multidisciplinary approach is applied to our patients with our psychiatrists.
Huntington's
Disease Polyclinic
It
offers service on Wednesdays in Neurology Orthopedics Hospital on the ground
floor.
Deep
Brain Stimulation (Brain Pacemaker Procedure) (ÖZELLİKLİ HİZMETLER)
When
Parkinson Disease progresses, orally taken medicine may be insufficient,
requesting more frequent or higher doses which causes the side effects to increase.
If the periods when patients are slow reach more than 4-5 hours per day and
involuntary movements deteriorate patients' quality of life despite all the
dose adjustments, those patients are followed in Advanced Stage Parkinson's
Disease Polyclinic. Those patients are candidates for device-aided treatments.
Deep Brain Stimulation (brain pacemaker) is performed for patients who are
eligible for surgery by neurosurgeons in our hospital. Apomorphine pump or
Levodopa-Carbidopa Intestinal Gel (duodopa) by Percutaneous endoscopic
transgastric jejunostomy placement can be performed for patients who are not
eligible for surgery. Pacemaker adjustment is carried out and patients who
apomorphine or duodopa pump is performed are followed in our Advanced Stage
Parkinson's Disease Polyclinic.