Dementia is a brain disorder that often begins with memory problems, but also continue to affect other parts of the brain.
Forms of dementia
The symptoms of dementia
The treatment of dementia
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This leads to mood swings, assessments, personality, and it is difficult to communicate or cope with everyday tasks. Usually worsens over time, you have to other means more confidence.
Dementia can often start 40 years and affects approximately one in 20 people over 65 have dementia. At 80 years of a five people are affected.
In Forms of dementia
Alzheimer’s disease is the most common. Damaged tissue in the brain accumulate and form deposits called “plaques” and “tangles” that the cells that surround it kills. It affects chemicals in the brain that transmit information from one cell to another.
Vascular dementia, in which clogged arteries supplying the brain causing small strokes, when the brain dies from lack of oxygen.
Dementia with Lowy bodies is a small protein deposits in the brain and symptoms similar to Parkinson’s disease caused
Front temporal dementia is caused by damage to the front of the brain and is more likely to lead changes in personality
Many other diseases can be dementia. Cause physical disease, memory problems are:
Kidney, liver or thyroid problems.
The lack of certain vitamins although this is rare.
Pulmonary infections of the urinary tract or cause confusion and may be treated with antibiotics.
Rare diseases such as Huntington’s disease, which causes dementia in younger people.
Depression can lead to a “pseudo-dementia”, which could improve with antidepressants and psychotherapy.
In The symptoms of dementia
This condition usually develops slowly. Three main types of symptoms may occur:
Cognitive problems – it would be difficult to understand, remember thinking, calculating to learn new things, speak or judgments
Functional complaints – it would be difficult to perform complex tasks. The more time passes, it will be difficult to perform personal care tasks such as washing and dressing.
Emotional problems – can affect your mood, you could lose control of your emotions, stop the things that you like and do not see people.
In The treatment of dementia
If you are worried about your memory, see your doctor. He or she may be a simple memory test to investigate physical and blood tests. You can test as a team of specialists to your memory with more details and arrange a brain scan if necessary.
There is no cure, but depends on many conditions and treatment of the diagnosis. A group of drugs called acetyl cholinesterase inhibitors may slow the progression of Alzheimer’s disease and dementia with Lowy bodies and other drug called meantime antagonist, glutamate can protect brain cells from damage.
In vascular dementia and possibly Alzheimer’s disease, other medications in a slow destruction of brain cells and brain function, including use:
Aspirin
Medicines to treat high blood pressure under control
Treatments such as stations to lower cholesterol levels
There is a small amount of evidence that ginkgo balboa may help plant and vitamin E also slow disease progression is also important to stop smoking, eat healthy and exercise.
Discuss your concerns, you can create a mental health nurse or social worker, doctor. Charities such as the Alzheimer Society is also a useful source of advice. It can help you better understand the disease, with advice on aspects of drugs, treatment options, benefits and legal.
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