| | | | Other Names | | | Dementias, Senile, Senility, Cognitive Dysfunction in Elderly, Alzheimer,
Alzheimer's, Alzheimer's Disease.
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| | | Dementia is an acquired and irreversible deterioration in
intellectual function. Around 10 per cent of people aged over 65 and 20
per cent of those aged 75 or more are affected to some extent. The
disorder is due to progressive brain disease. It appears gradually as a
disturbance in problem solving and agility of thought which may be
considered to be due to tiredness, boredom or depression. As memory
failure develops, the affected person becomes bewildered, anxious and
emotional when dealing with new surroundings and complex conversations. In
professional skilled workers this is frequently first recognized by family
and friends. Catastrophic reactions are usually brief but are commonly
associated with an underlying depression which can be mistaken for
progressive apathy. The condition progresses relentlessly with loss of
recent memory extending to affect distant memory and failure to recognize
even friends and family. Physical aggression, unsocial behaviour,
deteriorating personal cleanliness and incoherent speech commonly develop.
Similar symptoms to those in dementia can occur in curable conditions
including depression, intracranial tumors, subdural
haematoma, syphilis, vitamin b, deficiency and repeated
episodes of cerebral ischaemia. This last may lead to multi-infarct
dementia.
Treatment
If
organic disease is identified, it should, where possible, be treated.
Otherwise, the treatment of dementia is alleviation of its symptoms. The
affected person must be kept clean and properly fed. Good nursing care in
comfortable surroundings is important and sedation with appropriate drugs
may be required. Patients may eventually need institutional care. (See
Alzheimer's Disease.)
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Senile Dementia - Health - Ginkgo Biloba Extract 24% - 60 mg
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Senile Dementia - Health - Ginkgo Biloba Extract 24% - 60 mg
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Senile Dementia - Health - Solutions - Memory
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