Memory loss in older adults may be "Alzheimer's" in the world's Alzheimer's Day

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September 21 is the 21st session of the World Alzheimer's Disease Day, this year's theme is "treatment of Alzheimer's, early action early benefit."

In order to arouse people's attention to Alzheimer's disease, do early detection, early diagnosis, early intervention, this morning, Xinhua hospital, Zhejiang Province, director of Neurology Xu Bin chief physician gave us a lecture on "How to identify cognitive impairment" of science lectures.

Memory loss in older adults may be "Alzheimer's"

Xu Director of a patient Chen Mei was half a year ago by the family found that memory significantly decreased, just burned the water will not remember, until the water burned dry pot to be found by the family, but the past a certain thing always remember clearly, go shopping, calculate not how much money, just lock the door out, did not walk a few steps and suspected that they did not lock the door and looked back to see, Meet the familiar old friends, half a day can't name.

What's the matter with Aunt Chen? Is it because of the old confused after age?

In fact, Xu Bin explained, this is the early symptoms of Alzheimer's disease, which has a nice name called "Alzheimer's Disease", the former US President Ronald Reagan died of the disease.

"This old man's memory loss is a manifestation of cognitive impairment," says Xu. In addition to the decline in memory, such an elderly person will also show: always repeat the same words, ask the same questions, can not think of the name of the commonly used items, do not remember the current time and place; If the elderly in the family appear these changes in daily life, children should take the elderly to the hospital in time to visit the Department of Neurology. ”

Treatment is not the same as early treatment.

"Like Lindabert, you can't go out alone, you get lost." Director Xu said, "Old age memory decline, there will be forgotten to turn off the gas, causing security risks." If not timely treatment, will quickly appear functional and behavioral decline, accompanied by manic, delusional and other mental symptoms, the family brought heavy burden of care. ”

Aunt Chen was diagnosed as mild Alzheimer's disease by director Xu. After half a year of drug treatment, Aunt Chen forgotten reduced, life becomes comfortable, and can deal with daily housework, children can work at ease.

For Alzheimer's, the director of Xu Bin in the classroom to emphasize 34 words: treatment and not the same, positive therapy benefits more; So when the elderly appear above symptoms, must be an early doctor! For those who are not or are in the early stages of Alzheimer's disease, improving their living habits can have a preventive effect.

The first is a reasonable diet, eat less high salt, high-fat food, eat more vegetables, fruit food, pay attention to protein intake, fat head fish, salmon, partridge meat on the elderly heart and brain blood vessels, eyesight, expectorant have a very good effect;

In addition, director Xu also cautioned that although the internet spread "play mahjong" can prevent Alzheimer's disease, but never to the degree of obsession, "all need to grasp the degree, before my patient is night and night sitting at the Mahjong table, leading to an acute stroke fell on the Mahjong table never up." ”