Dementia

Dementia's disease overview

Memory loss is an increasingly popular brain disease syndrome today, which greatly affects the advanced function of the cerebral cortex such as memory loss, thinking,, Orient, identify language, judge learning and social competencies but the consciousness of the patient is not disordered. These decline often progresses over time and difficult to recover, causing significant depression of intellectual function as well as mobilization in daily activities.

World Health Organization (WHO) Statistics, there are currently about 35.6 million people with dementia, of which mainly low and medium -income countries. This figure is expected to double to 65.7 million people by 2030 and more than tripled to 115.4 million people by 2050.

This memory loss is worse, but this problem has generally not been paid enough attention, up to now, only 1/8 of countries in the world have a national program. Gia to solve this disease. Therefore, in order to reduce the burden of this disease, WHO has called on countries around the world to improve the ability to detect early, provide necessary medical and social care for dementia. >

Democratic disease has many different forms, it is classified depending on the signs, symptoms and consequences of the disease that affects the patient, including temporary memory loss, loss Postpartum memory (more than 90% of postpartum women suffer from this disease), older memory loss , ...

Temporary memory loss , also known as short -term memory loss , it is a temporary, sudden dementia that is not due to a condition Which common nerves cause, such as epilepsy or stroke. In this temporary memory loss, the patient could not remember the newly taken place, could not remember where he was or there was there.

Causes of Dementia's disease

Causes of memory loss are mainly due to:

  • Alzheimer's disease
  • Stroke many times ("dementia due to brain vessels")

    • alcohol

  • Head injury

    • Brain tumors

  • Hydrocphalus (water in the brain)
  • Parkinson's disease (but not all Parkinson's diseases lead to loss)

    • Infections such as meningitis, AIDS and some types of viruses

  • Vitamin deficiency (especially vitamin B12)
  • Hormonal disturbance as an under-gland thyroid gland is active

    • Of which two important causes of dementia are Alzheimer's disease and stroke many times ("dementia due to cerebrovascular vessels").

    Symptoms of Dementia's disease

    Symptoms of memory loss include:

  • Memory decline: This symptom usually appears early, characteristic and outstanding. Memory impairment can appear in the traumatic brain injury, stroke and often appear slowly but have the ability to progress increasingly worse in other regression diseases.
  • Impaired other cognitive activities: often manifesting with the disease, death, death and decline in some other competencies such as decreased thinking ability abstract, creative ability, action planning; loss of ability to coordinate, manage acts, perform complex activities in daily life.

    • Language with symptoms of repetition, shaping, indirect speaking, vague words, difficulties in finding words, naming objects ...; Severe cases may lose the ability to perceive and respond in language.

    Dead with symptoms such as decline or loss of ability to recognize and name objects as well as familiar objects.

    Onions with symptoms are not possible to do operations in daily work, not redrawing a drawing on demand; Difficulties in wearing clothes, shoes, hair brush, bathing, personal hygiene, urination, defecation and some daily life skills.

  • Reduce or lose its ability to operate and socialize: This is a result of memory impaired symptoms and decreased percentage of extended cognitive activity.

    • Symptoms of psychosis with common paranoia, then hallucinations: These parasites often occur without a system, only sporadic and temporary. The status of perception is also common, especially in patients with dementia Alzheimer.

  • Emotional disorders: Commonly depression, about 25% in patients with dementia. There are also other emotional disorders such as easily stimulated, angry, and crying overnight.
  • behavioral disorders: When the condition is severe, the patient will have a sleep cycle disorder, sometimes there are seizures, dazzling or Lying in one place with the fetal posture.

    • People at risk for Dementia's disease

    Memory loss can occur in any object, from men to women, from old to young, but it usually occurs in the elderly and women, especially women. Female postpartum. Some risks of dementia include:

  • The most common are those over 65 years old (pathology elderly memory loss ), sometimes it can still be encountered in younger people from 30 to 30 to 50 years old.
  • Persons abuse of alcohol, stress.
  • Patients with brain injury, stroke, ...

    • Prevention of Dementia's disease

  • Reasonable diet, adequate nutrients, essential vitamins for the body, especially vitamin B12, eat lots of green vegetables.

    • Exercise every day with gentle, just as walking exercises, yoga, ...

  • Get enough sleep, do not stay up too late.
  • Need to balance the working mode and rest, should not work too hard, avoid stress occurs.
  • Avoid using drinks and stimulants harmful to health such as alcohol, tobacco, drugs, ...

    • Diagnostic measures for Dementia's disease

  • Reviews based on clinical manifestations stated in the symptoms such as memory impairment, impairment of other cognitive activity, emotional disorders, behaviors,. ..
  • Reviews based on psychological tests.

    • EEG (EEG): This technique helps to record the electrical activity of the brain through electrodes attached to the scalp, this map is often evident in patients epilepsy.

  • X-ray of the brain.
  • Class cutting (CT): Helps to see abnormalities in the brain structure, including narrow, excessive or broken blood vessels, and stroke and stroke. Occurs in the past.
  • Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) helps detect brain atrophy and localities in the brain, distinguishing dementia due to alzheimer or cerebrovascular disease. P>
  • Cutting classes by launching Positron PET particles (Positron Emission Tomography) help distinguish the damage to the peak lobe in Alzheimer's disease or detect the changes of the frontal lobe in these in these. Frontal degenerative disease.
  • Brain photography specter: Helps to detect a decrease in the blood flow to the temporal lobes and the peak lobe in Alzheimer's disease and the decrease in patchy blood flow to the scattered nature Patients with dementia due to cerebrovascular diseases.

    • Dementia's disease treatments

    Methods to Memorial loss include:

  • Consider using neurolysis, anti -depression, anxiety when patients appear psychotic symptoms, behavioral disorders, but in the process of using all kinds The above drugs need to monitor poorly tolerance ability of the patient and the side effects of the drug.
  • Using some drugs that maintain memory and cognitive ability such as neurological nutrients, enhance metabolism, brain circulation; Especially the drugs acting on the cholinergic nervous system in the treatment of Alzheimer's disease such as Tacrine, Donepezil, Rivastigmine ...
  • Applying treatments such as physical therapy, occupational therapy, language therapies and how to talk to help improve movement problems, work daily and patient's communication.
  • Need support, care and special care of family members towards patients with dementia, closely monitoring to ensure that the patient does not fall or lose their mind awakening or negative reaction to the drug, always comforting and comforting the sick during the time they are confused, paranoid or hallucinating.
  • Psychotherapy for patients, encourage patients to play games like Sudoku, crossword game to stimulate the brain.

    • Exercise regularly 30 minutes a day with relaxing, gentle exercises and should have a healthy diet.

    See also:

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