Alzheimer's disease is the most common cause of dementia in the elderly. Over 60% of dementia cases are for this reason. Its prevalence is related to age is as high as 47 % among people aged 85 and over .
Definition: It is a degenerative disease of the cerebral cortex resulting in progressive dementia .
causes
People in the onset is before age 65 , genetic factors are considered one of the important causes.
The main cause of death weakness functional irreversible brain cells due to deposits of protein plaques .
Environmental agents such as viruses that are also considered as a cause , but sufficient evidence has been found about it.
Risk factors
- Advanced age is a risk factor , however, all seniors still have not these functions.
- Take a family history of the disease.
- The toxicity of alcohol , head trauma and immunological factors may also increase the risk of developing the disease.
diagnosis
The disease has an insidious onset and progresses very slowly. Fundamentally affects emotion , intellect and memory of the person. It develops in three stages:
Step 1
- The memory of the person who is affected in the early stages . First , loss of recent memory can be noticed , which is then followed by a deterioration of the long-term memory as well.
- Patients themselves complain of difficulty in the initial stages .
- The person also disorientation of time and place, but misinterprets things and people.
- Repeat the words again and again.
Step 2
- Then the patient denies that something is wrong with that said it is not serious.
- Gradually, the person shows a deterioration of intellectual functions and some changes in personality . You can also develop speech problems of language.
- Later, you can expand the aphasic syndrome (lack of words at the right time requires the patient to compensate by talking around the subject - àparaphasia - vocabulary àimpoverished also that the patient can not express his feelings because of the words of sentences fragmented - results mute) .
- ( . Inability to get two or three dimensional figures ) follows constructive apraxia .
- The person has difficulty moving someone, greet someone , or even use a pen to write .
- Develops visual agnosia ( inability to understand what he sees ) . Because of these functional impairments , the person develops some psychiatric disorders such as depression, aggression , anxiety, hallucinations, insomnia, etc.
Step 3
- Finally, the person reaches a point where you have to rely on others for their daily activities.
- The person may develop self apraxia such as dressing, grooming, bathing, toileting.
- Visual agnosia is followed by auditory, tactile agnosia .
- In these stages, including the affected muscles . The patient walks in a shuffling with short steps. The rigidity of the muscles leads to slowness and clumsiness of all movements . Throughout the course of the disease is about 5-8 years. During the illness, the patient coexistence condition worsens sharply.
diagnosis:
Basically, is made by excluding other causes of cognitive impairment.
Progressive worsening of memory and at least two areas of cognitive impairment.
Onset between 40 years of age 90 (especially 65), the person must be in a state of normal excitation , ie it should not be sleepy or comatose or delirious .
The diagnosis is based on the order of appearance of symptoms may be supported by the CT imaging techniques such as MRI , which showed ventricular hypertrophy with brain atrophy space. However, it is not Alzheimer's confirmation that such changes are also observed in most other people in this age group.
Homeopathic treatment :
Homeopathic medicines can not provide a cure for the patient, but will help the recovery of memory loss patient .
The drugs also help to alter the rate of disease progression . In addition, other psychiatric disorders, the patient develops in the course of the disease such as anxiety , depression, delusions, sleep disorders, etc. can also be relieved by homeopathic medicines safely.
If the patient is brought to us at the beginning , we have much to help relieve the patient's complaints without other side effects.
Structuring the environment: It is to provide a safe and nurturing environment, not the environment for the patient who gives you the convenience of consistency.
Patient care
- During Phase 1 of the patients, the orientation of the reality is very useful.
- For the stage 2 patients , the orientation of the reality is not possible, then the validation therapy is the best option . Here , we must support the value of thoughts feelings of the patient.
- The patient should be encouraged to self - care, the performance of its other activities. Their mental and emotional states , their other bodily functions vital signs should be evaluated by deterioration.
- We must take into account the patient's ability beyond our expectations are not your ability to perform any task .
- We need to talk with the patient quietly enough time to respond, because he understands that the thought processes of the patient declined.
Definition: It is a degenerative disease of the cerebral cortex resulting in progressive dementia .
causes
People in the onset is before age 65 , genetic factors are considered one of the important causes.
The main cause of death weakness functional irreversible brain cells due to deposits of protein plaques .
Environmental agents such as viruses that are also considered as a cause , but sufficient evidence has been found about it.
Risk factors
- Advanced age is a risk factor , however, all seniors still have not these functions.
- Take a family history of the disease.
- The toxicity of alcohol , head trauma and immunological factors may also increase the risk of developing the disease.
diagnosis
The disease has an insidious onset and progresses very slowly. Fundamentally affects emotion , intellect and memory of the person. It develops in three stages:
Step 1
- The memory of the person who is affected in the early stages . First , loss of recent memory can be noticed , which is then followed by a deterioration of the long-term memory as well.
- Patients themselves complain of difficulty in the initial stages .
- The person also disorientation of time and place, but misinterprets things and people.
- Repeat the words again and again.
Step 2
- Then the patient denies that something is wrong with that said it is not serious.
- Gradually, the person shows a deterioration of intellectual functions and some changes in personality . You can also develop speech problems of language.
- Later, you can expand the aphasic syndrome (lack of words at the right time requires the patient to compensate by talking around the subject - àparaphasia - vocabulary àimpoverished also that the patient can not express his feelings because of the words of sentences fragmented - results mute) .
- ( . Inability to get two or three dimensional figures ) follows constructive apraxia .
- The person has difficulty moving someone, greet someone , or even use a pen to write .
- Develops visual agnosia ( inability to understand what he sees ) . Because of these functional impairments , the person develops some psychiatric disorders such as depression, aggression , anxiety, hallucinations, insomnia, etc.
Step 3
- Finally, the person reaches a point where you have to rely on others for their daily activities.
- The person may develop self apraxia such as dressing, grooming, bathing, toileting.
- Visual agnosia is followed by auditory, tactile agnosia .
- In these stages, including the affected muscles . The patient walks in a shuffling with short steps. The rigidity of the muscles leads to slowness and clumsiness of all movements . Throughout the course of the disease is about 5-8 years. During the illness, the patient coexistence condition worsens sharply.
diagnosis:
Basically, is made by excluding other causes of cognitive impairment.
Progressive worsening of memory and at least two areas of cognitive impairment.
Onset between 40 years of age 90 (especially 65), the person must be in a state of normal excitation , ie it should not be sleepy or comatose or delirious .
The diagnosis is based on the order of appearance of symptoms may be supported by the CT imaging techniques such as MRI , which showed ventricular hypertrophy with brain atrophy space. However, it is not Alzheimer's confirmation that such changes are also observed in most other people in this age group.
Homeopathic treatment :
Homeopathic medicines can not provide a cure for the patient, but will help the recovery of memory loss patient .
The drugs also help to alter the rate of disease progression . In addition, other psychiatric disorders, the patient develops in the course of the disease such as anxiety , depression, delusions, sleep disorders, etc. can also be relieved by homeopathic medicines safely.
If the patient is brought to us at the beginning , we have much to help relieve the patient's complaints without other side effects.
Structuring the environment: It is to provide a safe and nurturing environment, not the environment for the patient who gives you the convenience of consistency.
Patient care
- During Phase 1 of the patients, the orientation of the reality is very useful.
- For the stage 2 patients , the orientation of the reality is not possible, then the validation therapy is the best option . Here , we must support the value of thoughts feelings of the patient.
- The patient should be encouraged to self - care, the performance of its other activities. Their mental and emotional states , their other bodily functions vital signs should be evaluated by deterioration.
- We must take into account the patient's ability beyond our expectations are not your ability to perform any task .
- We need to talk with the patient quietly enough time to respond, because he understands that the thought processes of the patient declined.
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