Expert views: early detection and early treatment delay "old age dementia"

Guangming daily

        A lot of people thought, forgetfulness is normal aging performance, need not heal. In fact, if the old often happen this situation, we should pay attention to, because it is likely to be the early signs of alzheimer's. And, the timely discovery and treatment, can effectively relieve the illness.

        At present, our country to old age dementia attention is far from enough. In our country, for elderly patients with dementia, more people, called the alzheimer's disease. In fact, dementia is not a set of symptoms but means the disease '; People in old age happen dementia, accurately should be called "old age dementia". "Old age dementia" including alzheimer's disease (known as "senile dementia '), vascular dementia, Louis body dementia and frontal lobe dementia, one of the most common is alzheimer's disease.

        Alzheimer's disease is a kind of pathological changes happened in the brain disease, a patient's brain-there were β amyloid excessive accumulation, neural cells have extensive neurons fiber tangles, axonal dysfunction. Happened more than 60 years old or above in age, ninety percent of the patients without family inheritance history. The disease of the exact reason is not completely clear. Now know is, alzheimer's disease is caused by a variety of factors of neurodegenerative diseases. The main symptoms have progressive brain, identification function obstacle, and clearly reduced memory, especially with individual character and behavior change; Visual space relation, language communication, abstract thinking, learning, and computing power and daily life work ability continues to decline, serious can affect patients daily work and social activities. Also with a variety of mental symptoms, such as sleepiness, depression, anxiety, confusion and put articles, attack; This kind of brain dysfunction sustained development, finally appears dementia.

        Alzheimer's disease had a long, can from several years to decades and divided into mild, moderate or severe illness stage three. Mild illness stage patients, at the beginning of the illness mainly for memory loss, vigor and independent initiative is poor, the space feels bad, emotion and personality changes, poor judgment, daily chores processing time is extended, calculation is often wrong. Now take positive treatment, can prevent the further development of the disease. If development become severe illness stage, the treatment effect little. And, with loss of walking, sitting, smiling, rise, chewing and swallowing ability, incontinence, bedridden and so on, often to infection pneumonia and other disease and cause death. Visible, early detection and early treatment is very important. Once discovery of his memory than before, to dare to admit, and told relatives and friends to get help and understanding.

        In addition, many activities, many brain, we do some assistance to the mental work and physical labor; A balanced meal nutrition, don't smoke, don't drink; Take an active part in social activities; Actively prevent diabetes, high blood fat, high blood pressure, obesity, and other possible causes of dementia risk factors of primary diseases, are likely to "old age dementia" prevention of a positive effect. (Beijing alzheimer's disease prevention and control association king vice chairman of the military)