With the development of modern medicine, more and more elderly people become young and full of vitality. But please don't forget: in the near future, China will enter an aging society. At the same time, it is accompanied by a problem that cannot be ignored-the incidence of Alzheimer's Harmo's disease is increasing year by year.
The survey found that the average age of Alzheimer's disease in northern China was 75 and 76 years old, and the age of vascular dementia was about 68 years old. The rate of severe Alzheimer's disease in people over 65 years old is above 5%, and by the age of 80, the rate rises to 15-20%.
The ability of daily living of Alzheimer's patients is declining. They don't know their spouses and children, and they can'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. The average survival time of patients with Alzheimer's disease is 5.5 years. After cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases and cancer, Alzheimer's Harmo's disease has become the "fourth killer" of the health of the elderly.
Dementia is no longer a "patent" for the elderly, and the number of dementia patients in their forties and fifties is increasing year by year. Not only the elderly, the 50-year-old daughter accompanied her 80-year-old mother to see a doctor, and both of them were diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease; The forgetfulness of this 47-year-old woman is also caused by Alzheimer's disease ... All these indicate that the era of suffering from Alzheimer's disease has come ahead of time. With the gradual rejuvenation of Alzheimer's disease, vascular factors play an increasingly prominent role in the pathogenesis.
In fact, symptoms and reactions of Alzheimer's disease began in middle age. If it is not found and treated early, it will be incurable if it develops seriously. Dementia is no longer a "patent" for the elderly. Experts say that early dementia can be cured, but it can't be treated until the age of 60 or 70.
The first symptom begins with amnesia.
Although the cause of the most common Alzheimer's disease has not been found, all dementia has symptoms, and the initial symptom is amnesia. Middle-aged people, see if you have been particularly forgetful recently. It is normal to forget it only occasionally, but remember it slowly afterwards. But if you often forget things, some things are deliberately forgotten, and you can't remember them afterwards, which may even affect your work and life. You'd better go to the hospital for a checkup.
Suffering from amnesia, there are some obvious signs. Might as well do the following self-test for yourself. Once you feel wrong, don't be careless, or be afraid of others' jokes. Early symptoms can be cured. Don't wait for the diagnosis.
Generally speaking, Alzheimer's disease often occurs after the age of 50, and its onset is hidden and its development is slow. In the earliest days, it often began with increasing forgetfulness. If you don't pay attention, it is usually not easy to find. According to the development of the disease, it can be roughly divided into three stages:
The first stage is also called forgetting period.
The performance of this issue is obvious amnesia, such as forgetting what you said, what you did or important appointments, and slowly forgetting distant things. At the same time, thinking analysis, judgment ability, visual space discrimination function, calculation ability, etc. Also reduced, but sometimes they can keep their familiar jobs or skills.
The second stage is also called chaos.
At this time, in addition to the aggravation of symptoms in the first stage, the outstanding performance is that the visual space recognition obstacle is obviously aggravated and it is easy to get lost.
It is also difficult to dress, or wear pants as clothes; I don't know the faces of friends or relatives, I can't remember their names, and I can't talk to others, although I sometimes talk to myself.
The third stage is also called extreme dementia stage.
Patients are in a state of total recession, and they can't take care of themselves such as eating, dressing and bathing, so they need someone to take care of them, so they are incontinent.
Ten Warning Signs of Alzheimer's Disease
First, memory loss affects daily activities.
Second, it is difficult to deal with familiar things.
Third, people are more and more confused about time, place and people.
Fourth, judgment is declining.
Five, often put things in the wrong place.
Six, abstract ideas began to appear problems.
Seven. Emotional instability, abnormal behavior.
Eight, personality changes
Nine, lose the initiative to do things
10. Ability to understand things and difficulties in language expression.
Prevention of Alzheimer's disease
Due to the different causes of dementia, the prevention methods are also different, mainly in the following aspects:
1, improve the working environment.
2, avoid alcohol and quit smoking.
3. Diet regulation: To prevent high-fat foods from raising cholesterol, it is very important for the elderly to take in necessary nutrients, such as protein, inorganic salts, amino acids and various vitamins, especially vitamins B 1, B2 and B6, vitamin C and vitamin E.
4. Cheerfulness is conducive to longevity and mental health.
5. Arrange your life and study well: In your later years, you should persist in learning new knowledge and maintain extensive contact with society.
Before retiring, we should make all preparations ideologically and materially. Rich life content and extensive hobbies can promote mental activity and delay or alleviate the aging process.
7, regular physical examination, early treatment of physical diseases, not only pay attention to your body, but also do not pay too much attention or worry.
8. Regular outdoor activities: The elderly are suitable for more sustained competitive sports, such as walking, jogging, gymnastics, Tai Ji Chuan, Tai Ji Chuan and traditional dancing.