Gastro problems could heighten Parkinson's disease risk by 76 per cent, study finds
Science / Technologies 17 Sep, 2024

Gastro problems could heighten Parkinson's disease risk by 76 per cent, study finds

Business To Business, NEW DELHI, 17 Sep. 24: Digestive problems, including ulcers in one's food pipe or stomach, could increase the risk of Parkinson's disease by 76 per cent, according to a new study.
Analysing endoscopy reports of 9,350 patients, the authors found that people having upper gastrointestinal conditions -- specifically, ulcers or other types of damage to the lining of the oesophagus, stomach, or upper part of the small intestine -- were far more likely to develop Parkinson's disease later in life.
These findings, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association Network Open Researchers add to a growing body of evidence that ageing-related or neurodegenerative disease, long thought to originate in the brain, could begin in the gut.

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