Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico — The Yucatan Peninsula has become one of the regions with the highest growth in Parkinson's disease cases so far this year, with Yucatan state ranking among the top 15 entities in the country for incidence, according to the federal Secretary of Health.
To date, the Peninsula has registered 355 total confirmed cases of this pathology, representing an increase of 19.93 percent compared to the same period in 2024, when 296 cases were counted.
Nationally, the trend is downward, with a reduction of 2.86 percent, falling from 6,529 to 6,342 cases. However, Yucatan shows the opposite behavior, counting 151 patients, equivalent to 2.38 percent of the national total, with a growth of 20.8 percent compared to last year, when there were 125.
The state has already surpassed the total for all of 2024, which was 148 cases, though it has not yet exceeded the historical maximum of 201 cases registered in 2022.
Campeche reports 107 cases and Quintana Roo 97, with increases of 13.83 and 25.97 percent, respectively.
Neurologist Jorge Efraín Salazar Ceballos explained that Parkinson's is currently the second most frequent disease in adult neurological consultations, only behind Alzheimer's.
"After the Covid-19 pandemic, we are still seeing patients who claim that before the health emergency they had no signs indicating Parkinson's and now they are presenting them. This is a probable neurological sequela of having been infected by the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus; however, we still do not have sufficient research to affirm it. Many scientists claim that the virus left serious neurological damage in some people," he stated.
The specialist explained that Parkinson's is a disorder of the central nervous system that affects movement and progressively impairs motor skills.
"Timely attention and neurological rehabilitation can help people with Parkinson's maintain their independence for a longer time," he concluded.
Discover more from Riviera Maya News & Events
Subscribe to get the latest posts sent to your email.