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Dementia organic lesion of the brain, with a sharp decline in mental abilities. The disease most often affects the elderly. It is accompanied by social maladjustment and leads to disability. Cause of pathology are atrophic changes in the brain that occur on the background of cardiovascular, degenerative diseases and alcoholism. Most often develops unnoticed senile dementia whose symptoms are the following: memory impairment, reduced learning capacity and thinking, disorders of emotional-volitional area.

The treatment of dementia

Treatment depends on the cause of development of this pathology. Therapy is aimed at stabilizing the patient and addressing diseases that contribute to dementia (hypertension, diabetes mellitus, atherosclerosis, renal failure, alcoholism, obesity). Classical scheme of treatment includes drugs that improve the nutrition of the brain, and drugs that slow down the death of neurons.

Disease prevention

Preventive measures:

Need to monitor your blood pressure and condition of the vessels, if necessary, conduct treatment. You should consult a specialist about diet and lifestyle. With the help of food and vitamin-mineral complexes is necessary to compensate for a deficiency of antioxidants, b vitamins, omega-3 fatty acids, and folic acid. Useful moderate physical activity – cardio, outdoor walks, yoga. Development of intellectual skills: learning languages, solving crosswords, playing chess and so on. Following these rules in young and middle age, it is possible to prevent the development of senile dementia.

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