India To See Sharp Rise In Movement Disorders In Coming Decade

The number of cases of ageing-related movement disorders are set to explode in India in the coming years due to increasing life expectancy and overall changes happening to general health of people.

- Dr. Prashanth LK

Movement disorders are a large variety of diseases, which are under-acknowledged, but commonly present in the population.

The recent Covid-19 infections caused a significant immune response in most people, leading to 'acceleration' of the ageing phenomenon and burning out of normal cells or neurons in the brain. This can possibly lead to an outbreak of ageing-related and neuro-degenerative disorders in near future. Combined with increasing life expectancy, this may trigger a major spike in movement disorders such as Parkinson's disease, progressive supranuclear palsy, Parkinsonism with dementia over the next decade in India.