1, methods for preventing Alzheimer's disease.
1. Drug prevention: For thousands of years, human beings have been exploring ways to preserve health, resist aging and prolong life. Traditional Chinese medicine theory holds that the essence of aging of the elderly is yang deficiency and blood stasis. On the basis of syndrome differentiation and treatment, evening primrose, Herba Lycopi, Alismatis Rhizoma, Atractylodis Rhizoma, Radix Astragali, Radix Puerariae and Rhizoma Chuanxiong can be taken as appropriate.
2. Moxibustion prevention: Moxibustion can also help yang dispel blood stasis and prolong life. In ancient times, moxibustion at Shenque, Qihai and Guanyuan of Ren meridian, Mingmen, Dazhui, Gaojia, Shenshu and Fructus Aurantii Immaturus of Du meridian, Zusanli point (double point) of stomach meridian, and once moxibustion with five strong elements all have the functions of tonifying kidney, benefiting essence, supporting yang, preventing aging and dementia.
3, to avoid the occurrence of diseases such as cerebral arteriosclerosis and cerebral thrombosis: to prevent cerebral blood supply deficiency caused by Alzheimer's disease. Atherosclerosis is the main enemy of dementia. Adjusting diet, eating less salt, and taking appropriate physical activities are helpful to prevent arteriosclerosis.
4, pay attention to intellectual training: diligent use of the brain to delay brain aging. Research shows that people who often do interesting things with their brains can keep their brains sharp and exercise their brain cells to react quickly. People who do nothing all day have a high proportion of dementia. Old people should keep active and use their brains more, such as reading more books, learning new things and cultivating various hobbies, which can activate brain cells and prevent brain aging. Extensive contact with people from all walks of life is conducive to maintaining brain power. Chatting with friends, playing mahjong, playing chess, etc. Can stimulate the brain and stimulate the vitality of nerve cells.
5, mental conditioning: people often say: "smile, ten years old", which shows that mental conditioning focuses on conditioning the qi of seven emotions, focusing on maintaining optimism, thinking, worrying and preventing it. We want to live a quiet life, fearless, cheerful, contented and happy, changing with the times, without self, calm in spirit, unable to regret, with one soul and five internal organs at peace. This is the first essence of mental conditioning. In other words, we should be quiet and fearless, indifferent to nothingness, not competing with the world, content with contentment and pure heart. Only when we are not seduced by external material desires and disturbed by internal emotions can qi and blood be harmonious and healthy.
Attention should be paid to maintaining interpersonal relationships and avoiding long-term depression and depression, because depression is also a risk factor for Alzheimer's disease. Avoid mental stimulation and prevent brain tissue function from being damaged. In addition, maintaining family harmony can maintain a happy mood and enhance disease resistance.
6. Physical exercise: Many people know that exercise can reduce the probability of stroke. In fact, exercise can also promote the production of nerve growth hormone and prevent brain degeneration. Practice has proved that proper physical exercise is beneficial to health, such as walking, playing Tai Ji Chuan, doing health exercises or practicing Qigong. It is beneficial to relieve the inhibitory function of the brain and improve the activity level of the central nervous system. However, it is still necessary to step by step, do what you can, and persevere in order to achieve the desired results. Try to move your fingers except your whole body.
7. Daily diet: The daily diet should be regular and unchangeable. Generally, you should go to bed early and get up early, eat regularly and defecate regularly. It is also of positive significance to keep the stool unobstructed to prevent Alzheimer's disease. In terms of diet, we should generally pay attention to the following points:
Emphasis is placed on "three determinations, three highs, three lows and two abstinence", that is, timing, quantitative and qualitative, high protein, high unsaturated fatty acids, high vitamins, low fat, low calories and low salt, and quitting smoking and drinking.
Avoid using aluminum drinking utensils. As soon as salt enters the human body, it will first deposit in the brain, thus inducing Alzheimer's disease.
Supplementing beneficial minerals and trace elements, lacking essential trace elements (such as zinc, etc.). ), it will cause insufficient blood supply to the brain, cause vascular diseases and lead to dementia. Can also be appropriately added:
Vitamin E: Although no research has clearly shown that vitamin E can improve memory, it is an antioxidant that can prevent nerve cells from being damaged by free radicals. At the same time, some studies pointed out that patients with Alzheimer's disease took vitamin E for two consecutive years, which delayed the degeneration for eight months. Experts suggest that 400 units of vitamin E can be supplemented every day, which will help prevent Alzheimer's disease.
Female hormones: Recent research shows that women who take female hormones after menopause can reduce the risk of Alzheimer's disease by 30% to 40%.
Eat more fish: A large-scale study in the Netherlands shows that if you eat more fish, the cholesterol in your diet will be lower, and the probability of developing Alzheimer's disease is only 0 or 4 times that of the general population. The object of this study is 5000 people over 55 years old.
The prevention of diseases needs our own efforts. Preventing the occurrence of Alzheimer's disease can not only improve our health, but also improve our quality of life.
2. Hazards of Alzheimer's disease
1, impact on family members
In fact, the biggest influence on Alzheimer's Harmo's disease is not the patient himself, but the family. According to statistics, more than 80% of the family members of Alzheimer's patients have different degrees of emotional disorders. The key is the feeling of not being able to communicate and not seeing hope, and it is not just the problem of being tired, which makes many family members feel desperate.
2. The patients' quality of life has seriously declined.
The first symptom of Alzheimer's disease usually begins with amnesia, such as often forgetting things, and deliberately forgetting things afterwards, which seriously affects work and life.
Further development, the patients' ability of daily living decreased, they didn't know their spouses and children, and they couldn't take care of themselves by dressing, eating and urinating. Some will also have auditory hallucinations, which will bring endless pain and trouble to themselves and the people around them.
3. Heavy economic burden.
When the elderly suffer from Alzheimer's disease, they need a lot of medical expenses and need to take care of the patients at any time. Therefore, the reduction of family labor force, followed by a heavy economic burden.