There is a disease known as the most tender terminal illness in the world, with one person suffering from it every 7 seconds and an average survival time of only 59 years, it is the "fourth biggest killer" of the health of the elderly, second only to heart disease, cancer, and stroke.
He is Alzheimer's disease, commonly known as "Alzheimer's disease", which has a slow or insidious onset, and patients and their families often cannot tell when the disease began.
It is mainly manifested by cognitive decline, psychiatric symptoms and behavioral disorders, and a gradual decline in the ability to perform daily living. Do we have this situation in our daily life, we are trying to talk to others, but we forget the words I want to say, and we are still looking for things all over the house..., whether you have senile dementia, the top ten early warnings of Alzheimer's disease, let's check it for yourself!
1) Memory loss, forgetting what breakfast you had in the morning, forgetting to lock the door when you go out.
2) Poor performance of familiar work or chores.
3) I can't figure out the time and place, I can't remember what day of the month or day of the week it is, and I can't remember which country I am in.
4) Personality and behavior changes, easy to be anxious, apathetic, excited or out of control.
5) Language dysfunction, questions that used to be easy to answer are now difficult to answer.
6) Impaired visuospatial function, getting lost in a familiar environment or not recognizing the door.
7) Language dysfunction, seeing familiar people or things, not knowing what to call them.
8) Lose the ability to judge right and wrong, and easily believe others and be deceived.
9) Don't like to socialize with people, and lose interest in the things you used to like.
10) Things are often misplaced, I don't remember to put things **, I often think I lost them.
Alzheimer's disease progressively worsens over time and can be divided into three stages.
The first stage (1 3 years) is the stage of mild dementia. Completely self-reliant; Memory declines, and recent events are prominently forgotten, hindering daily activities; I remember that the Qing family was in ** and his family, and I couldn't remember the date.
The second stage (2 10 years) is moderate dementia. Partial self-care, such as difficulty in dressing, or wearing pants as clothing; Poor memory, remembering things that were very familiar a long time ago, and quickly forgetting new things, not remembering the time, easy to get lost, not remembering the time, often forgetting where to live when going out, easy to get lost.
The third stage (8 to 12 years) is the stage of severe dementia. I don't take care of myself at all, I need to be taken care of by others when I eat, dress, and bathe, and I have incontinence; Severe memory loss; There are only fragments of memory; Losing the concept of time and place, not even knowing familiar people, not knowing time and place.
What are the risk factors for Alzheimer's disease?
Non-modifiable factors: age, sex, family history, head injury.
Factors that can be modified: chronic diseases, mental illness or stress, infections, bad lifestyle Xi, medications, etc.
Prevention & **.
1.Ensure adequate sleep: have a regular life and rest, and actively ** insomnia, sleep apnea and other diseases that affect sleep quality.
2.Active prevention and chronic diseases: Patients with chronic diseases such as diabetes, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, depression, stroke and so on should be active.
3.Active exercise, suitable for exercise: exercise can promote brain blood circulation, enhance memory, the elderly with mild cognitive impairment, under the care of family members, carry out appropriate exercise and do appropriate physical activities, such as walking, tai chi, dancing, etc.
4.Eat a balanced diet: A balanced diet helps to maintain cardiovascular and cerebrovascular health, reduce cognitive decline caused by cerebrovascular diseases, ensure the intake of various nutrients in daily life, eat more vegetables and fruits, and avoid excessive intake of oil, salt and sugar.
5.Maintain a positive and optimistic mindset: A positive and optimistic mindset also plays an important role in improving brain function. Not being happy or sad, not anxious and disappointed, achieving psychological balance and adequate sleep will help regulate and stabilize the functions of the immune, nervous, endocrine, cardiovascular and cerebrovascular systems, and maintain cognitive ability.
6.Stimulate the brain from time to time and maintain brain vitality: In daily life, the elderly should use their brains more to learn more Xi, read more newspapers, play chess, write, photography, listen, play cards, make more friends, talk more, etc., and stimulate the brain more.
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