Symptomatic, provoking factors and features of treatment of Alzheimer's disease

The real "epidemic of the twenty-first century", according to many experts in the field of medicine, is Alzheimer's disease. If a few years ago, the symptomatology of this disease was typical for elderly people who crossed the sixty-five-year threshold, today the anomaly is much "younger".

The youngest patient was twenty-eight years old. But mostly this pathological condition develops in men and women after forty years.

Cancer Competitor

Physicians around the world are sounding the alarm: in recent years, oncological diseases have become overly aggressive. No less insidious than cancer, differs and Alzheimer's disease.

Today in the "hit parade" of deadly pathologies this disease is on the fourth place.

In the United States alone, about one hundred thousand diseases have been reported over the past year. Particular danger is that the causes of this pathological condition is still a mystery for doctors.

Symptoms of

This disease has a number of both specific and non-specific signs. Some symptoms of Alzheimer's disease are similar to manifestations of other diseases. Therefore, if you find at least one of them, you should not hesitate to visit a qualified doctor. Let it be better the alarm will be false. If the disease is diagnosed in a timely manner, its progression can be significantly slowed down. In total there are ten basic signs of a terrible disease.

Memory loss of

The first and most disturbing symptom signaling that a person develops Alzheimer's disease is a memory loss. Absent people, periodically forgetting where this or that object lies, is not worth worrying about.

Alert alarm should be beat when the following symptoms of Alzheimer's disease are observed:

1. Difficulties with playing back even the events that took place recently.
2. The need for a request for the repetition of the words just spoken.
3. Increasing dependence on "reminders", pictured graphically.

Ignoring the usual occupations of

Unfortunately, many confuse some signs of a terrible disease with symptoms of depression and for this reason do not rush to visit a doctor. The patient may develop apathy, he becomes completely indifferent to what has recently aroused his interest. It is worth worrying when a person does not leave this state for a long time, since this attribute only becomes worse with time.

Disorientation in space and time

In general, a state when a person, waking up from a deep sleep, can not immediately figure out where he is, should not be called strictly pathological, as it is observed from time to time in almost every second. However, when this symptom is repeated periodically, it's time to sound an alarm. Against the background of this symptom of Alzheimer's disease a person can consider himself much younger than he really is. This occurs against a background of disorientation in time.

Spatial-visual anomalies of

No less serious symptom of dementia is the spatial-visual anomaly. A person who has this symptom can have serious difficulties with the perception of distance, height and depth, as well as reading books and recognizing the members of his family. The patient experiences no less difficulties when he has to go up or go down the stairs. Often cases where patients could not find their way home, wandering around the area in which they lived for many years.

This symptom is similar to that characteristic of cataract and macular degeneration.

Other signs of

Other symptoms of Alzheimer's disease include:

1. Changes in mood and personality.
2. Decreased communication abilities.
3. Difficulties associated with the solution of a task that previously did not present any difficulties.
4. Relocation of objects( the fact of frequent detection of a kettle in the refrigerator, shoes in the oven, etc.) should be guarded.
5. Loss of judgment( also a person suffering from dementia, ceases to follow himself).

Symptoms of

Disease Symptoms of Alzheimer's Disease may worsen if the patient:

1. Will appear in an unfamiliar environment.
2. For a long time will remain one.
3. It will be in total darkness.
4. Suffers from an infectious anomaly.
5. Suffers from overheating.

Symptomatology can increase with the use of a large number of medications. Not recommended to the patient and surgical intervention.

How to help the patient?

Treatment of Alzheimer's disease involves a reduction in the development of this pathological condition. Another goal of therapy is to reduce the severity of the signs of a terrible disease.

Treatment of Alzheimer's disease can be:

• medication;
• is homeopathic;
• is non-pharmacological.

Also, depending on the characteristics of the disease, a specialist can prescribe a phytotherapy to the patient.

Tabletotherapy

Often, for relief of the main signs of the disease, a specialist appoints a patient to the patient:

1. Donepezil.
2. Remineral.
3. of Exelon.
4. Neuromidine.
5. Memantine.

Features of the psychosocial intervention

The main purpose of this method is the timely determination of the prerequisites for the incorrect behavior of a person suffering from the manifestation of Alzheimer's disease, as well as their correction.

A huge role is played by therapeutic exercises, on which the patient is invited to recall the positive events that played an important role in his life.

During the therapeutic sessions, the patient is offered various video, audio and photo materials. No less important role is played by exercises that promote stimulation of the senses.

Sufficiently effective methods should be considered:

• animal therapy;
• art therapy;
• music therapy;
• cognitive retraining.

The correct care of the patient is of great importance. First of all, the relatives of the patient need to maintain a sense of dignity in him. It is equally important to try to keep the house easy, relaxed atmosphere.

Preventive measures

Unfortunately, there is no official prevention of Alzheimer's disease. But physicians believe that it is essential to slow down the development of a terrible disease and even prevent it with the help of regular intellectual loads.

In addition, a person should review his diet and include seafood, cereals, red wine and fresh fruit with vegetables.

No less important role is played by the rejection of destructive habits. Especially it concerns smoking and alcohol abuse.

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