Methods for treating dementia in the elderly

Dementia( senile senility) is a violation of mental and cognitive activity in a person and inability to acquire new skills and knowledge, because the memory of elementary, seemingly, things disappears. Most often, this disease can occur because of some kind of brain damage. Completely this disease in the elderly can not be cured, but it is possible to reduce the symptoms that have already appeared.

• reasons
• Symptoms and signs
• Stage
• Easy
• Moderate
• Heavy
• Diagnostics
• Pharmacotherapy
• Aricept
• Galantamine
• Exelon
• rivastigmine
• Memantinol
• Aminazin
• Prozac
• Anafranil
• klopiksol
• Rivagmistin
• Citalopram
• Folk remedies
• Phytotherapy
• Aromatherapy
• Acupuncture
• Sound therapy
• Prevention

Reasons for

This disease has a very strong effect on the normlife of a person and his environment.

The causes of dementia in the elderly include:

• atherosclerosis of cerebral vessels;
• tumor of the brain and CNS( central nervous system);
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• alcoholism;
• head injury;
• stroke;
• of Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, Peak's;
• AIDS;
• neurosyphilis;
• meningitis( chronic);
• multiple sclerosis;
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Symptoms and signs

Symptomatic symptoms, like signs, can be completely varied:

• speech and logical thinking disorder;
• short-term memory is lost;
• apathy;
• aggressiveness;
• resentment;
• paranoia;
• slovenliness;
• headaches;
• disorientation in space;
• inability to recognize yourself in the mirror;
• epilepsy.

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Stages of

In the diagnosis of this disease, three stages of severity of the disease are distinguished:

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> Easy

With mild severity of the disease, the thinking process is broken, but there remains the ability to perform some everyday household activities( cleaning, cooking).An easy degree of dementia completely allows the patient to live an independent life and not require additional care.

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Moderate

With moderate dementia, the process of thinking is more violated than with mild. The patient becomes unable to perform the usual everyday types of work( forgets how to properly use household appliances, locks, knives, etc.).

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Heavy

With a severe degree of dementia, the patient loses almost full awareness of what is happening around, to the extent that he can not eat and take care of himself. It is best that for such a patient there is a round-the-clock observation( a nurse or a medical institution).

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Diagnosis

For accurate diagnosis of the disease, it will take at least six months. To date, there are clear criteria for diagnosing dementia:

• memory impairment( long-term, short-term);
• the inability to think abstractly( does not see the picture of the situation as a whole);
• syndrome of three "A" - aphasia( disruption of the speech device), apraxia( inability to perform directed actions, while retaining the ability to move), agnosia( impaired perception of the surrounding space);
• short temper, constant irritation, aggression;
• complication of intra-family relations( scandals, tantrums);
• no hallucinations, time orientation( as far as the condition allows);
• results of specially conducted studies based on medical history( study of medical records).

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Medical treatment

For the treatment of dementia, medicines are used:

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Arisept

Tablets in a shell. The main substance is donepezil hydrochloride. The drug for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease and dementia of mild and moderate severity of Alzheimer's type.

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Galantamine

Tablets, capsules, solution for injections. The main substance is galantamine. The main use of the drug is the treatment of dementia of the Alzheimer's type of mild and moderate( moderate) degrees of severity.

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Exselon

Transdermal therapeutic system( patch).The main substance is rivastigmine. It is prescribed for the treatment of dementia of mild and moderate type, Alzheimer's and Parkinson's.

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Rivastigmine

Capsules in the shell. The active ingredient is rivastigmine hydrotartrate. The drug is used for the systematic treatment of Alzheimer's dementia( mild and moderate type) and Parkinson's disease.

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Memantinol

Film-coated tablets. The active substance is memantine hydrochloride. The drug is prescribed for patients with dementia of the Alzheimer's type of moderate( moderate) and severe degree.

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Aminazine

Solution for injection. The active substance is chlorpromazine hydrochloride. Aminazine is used to treat paranoia and hallucinatory seizures, as well as for psychosis of various variations( manic, depressive, alcoholic).

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Prozac

Capsules. The main component is fluoxetine. Antidepressant drug Prozac is prescribed for obsessive-compulsive disorders of the nervous system, as well as for bulimia nervosa.

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Anafranil

Solution for injections. The main substance is clomipramine hydrochloride. This drug is used to treat depression of various genesis( schizophrenic, psychopathic), with narcolepsy, phobias and panic attacks.

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Clopiksol

Tablets in a shell. The main substance is zuclopentixol dihydrochloride. The drug is prescribed for the treatment of mental disorders( megalomania, schizophrenia, psychosis, excessive aggression).

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Rivagmistin

Capsules. The active ingredient is carbamoylatin hydrogenthartrate. The drug is prescribed for patients with dementia( mild and moderate) of Alzheimer's type, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's.

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Citalopram

Tablets in a shell. The main substance is citalopram hydrobromide. An antidepressant drug prescribed for patients with a depressive state of various origins( alcoholic, postpartum, elderly), with panic attacks, with dementia, anorexia, bulimia and obsessive-compulsive disorder of the nervous system.

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Folk remedies

Also used for the treatment of dementia and nervous disorders are folk remedies:

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Phytotherapy

Phytotherapy is the treatment of herbs that are beneficial for nervous disorders.

• Ginko Bilob - a drug that can improve blood circulation in the vessels of the brain and the activity of transmission of nerve impulses.

  

• Tincture of the root of elecampane, lophant anisic, hawthorn - plants that slow the development of dementia, and are also used in the treatment of atherosclerosis and hypertension( a disease that may cause dementia).
• Sage is a plant that improves memory( proved after experimental treatment).

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Aromatherapy

Aromatherapy - treatment with various aromatics and essential oils. They can be used for bathing, with massages and for inhaling vapors of heated oils. The most effective essential oils are melissa and lavender, which have a calming effect and slow down the loss of the body acetylcholine, a decreasing amount of which affects the development of dementia.

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Acupuncture

Acupuncture - acupuncture treated with special thin needles at special points on the body, which contributes to bringing to the normal level the action of ongoing processes in the body, and also as a soothing and tonic.

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Sound therapy

Sound therapy is an influence on the general mental state of a patient through sounds. With such therapy, calm relaxing music, bird song, cats purring, sea noise and so on can be used. Such therapy reduces the aggressive mood of the patient, reduces nervousness and slows the development of dementia.

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Prevention of

Prevention of the appearance of dementia needs to be addressed at a young and middle age. For this it is necessary: ​​

• to consume in the required amount vitamins of group B;
• lead an active lifestyle and abandon bad habits;
• try to visit the sea regularly, since the sea air has a beneficial effect on the general condition of the body;
• in time to treat diseases leading to dementia( atherosclerosis, hypertension);
• fully rest and refrain from stressful situations.