[Publicity Day of the World Alzheimer's Diseases] Knowing dementia, early treatment and early treatment is the key

【Introduction】

Alzheimer's disease is also known as Alzheimer's disease. In 1994, the World Alzheimer Disease Association was determined on September 21 on the 10th anniversary of the establishment of the Association as "the World of Alzheimer's Publicity Day" on September 21. Many countries in the world have held various activities on this day to promote the relevant knowledge of preventing and treating elderly dementia.

With the continuous improvement of people's quality of life, everyone pays more and more attention to cognitive issues such as memory decline. Alzheimer's Disease (AD) commonly known as Alzheimer's dementia is a neurological degenerative disease with hidden attacks and aggravated. burden. I will introduce some of the little knowledge of dementia today.

1. Early symptoms of dementia

1. Memory loss: is the most common symptom of early dementia. I often forget the recent things, and I have no impression afterwards. It is often described as "throwing three places and four" "forget."

2. Development: You cannot complete your familiar jobs, and it is difficult to compete for daily household chores, and these household chores usually do not need to think. For example, people who cook often do not know how to do it now, and they will not use phone calls.

3. Language disorders: Forget the simple words, what you say or write is incomprehensible, answering the question; the theme of often changing the conversation, "Dongra and West".

4. Disorders: I can't figure out time and place. Forget the date, can't tell the day and night. Even in the familiar streets, you will get lost.

5. Determination of power: For example, wearing clothes without seasons, spending money without concepts, such as easily give others a lot of money. It is difficult to understand the essence of things, and it is difficult to distinguish between two things.

6. Decrease in understanding: It is difficult to talk to others when talking. Can't tell the main and seconds, the major events are often ignored, and the trivial matters are entangled;

7. Behavior: Put the items or money in inappropriate places, such as putting clothes in the refrigerator.

8. Emotional changes: The emotional rise and fall, extremely unstable, and some patients have indifferent emotions and numbness.

9. Character changes: confused, suspicious, scared, easy to excite, depression, indifference, anxiety or rough.

2. How to prevent and delay dementia development?

1. Correct risk factors:

Three higher diseases: Hypertension, hyperglycemia, hyperlipidemia, obesity, hearing damage, dysfunction, cataract, alcoholism, anemia, thyroid dysfunction and other related factors have promoted the pathophysiological course of dementia. Therefore, actively correcting risk factors can prevent and delay the development of dementia.

Sleep disorders: Sleep 6-7 hours at night, and fall asleep at about 10 pm, which is a healthier living state of cognitive disorder patients, and the night sleeping time is less than 4 hours or more than 10 hours. It will significantly promote the development of dementia.

2. Good life rules:

Reasonable diet: Promote the Mediterranean diet, eat more coarse grains, fruits, vegetables, beans, fish, olive oil, less salt and less oil, less sugar, more protein and vitamins, quit smoking and alcohol.

Appropriate exercise: According to personal age and physical condition, choose the amount of leisure exercise at a high level; walking, shopping, contacting nature, reducing sedentary long sedentary, and less than 4 hours of sedentary every day can reduce the risk of dementia by 41%. Causes brain atrophy.

3. Maintain a good mentality: Actively participate in social networking and move your brain: such as often participating in square dances, travel, elderly universities and other activities, more social, chat, read, read poetry, sing, read reasoning novels, puzzle, back, back, back Tang poetry, weaving wool, puzzle games, etc. will stimulate the brain to activate the brain! In short, playing more fun to stimulate intelligence, increase brain cognitive reserves, and reduce loneliness. It is also necessary to pay attention to regulating bad psychological states, negative ideas or behaviors, and need to seek medical treatment in time.

4. Strengthen the inscription: patients who have diagnosed dementia, family members should accompany and communicate as much as possible, discover patient problems in time, and provide contact information to patients to avoid patients from suffering. In the process of long -term care, the caregiver may also have emotional and psychological problems, and the medical treatment should be adjusted in time.

Author: Xu Bing

Source: Shenyang First People's Hospital

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