2023-09-21 22:51:16
Today, September 21, marks World Alzheimer’s Day, a disease that shakes nations around the world. More than 1 million 300 thousand people suffer from this disease in Mexico, a figure that represents between 60 and 70 percent of dementia diagnoses.
Above all, it most frequently affects people over 65 years of age and is a disease that is due to changes in the brain, due to the presence of the protein called beta amyloid, frequently accumulated in the temporal lobe. This toxin causes inflammation and progressive death of neurons.
Some of the most obvious signs of Alzheimer’s
Among the most common characteristics that occur in people with Alzheimer’s, the following can be highlighted:
Forgetting recent events. Alterations of abstract thinking. Language problems. Disorientation. Loss of previously acquired skills such as managing and keeping accounts. Forgetting usual places, people’s names and dressing for themselves. Difficulties may occur when swallowing, walking, speaking, and fecal and urinary incontinence.
The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates an approximate number of 60 million people living with Alzheimer’s worldwide, of which 8.1% are women and 5.4% are men over 65 years of age.
A patient of this type does not progress without the support of another person
In order to adequately care for the person with Alzheimer’s, early diagnosis and highly specialized comprehensive treatment are necessary. This is based on medications that stimulate and help prolong the life of memory neurons to improve your quality of life.
Adequate care for people with this condition also requires the active participation of those who care for them and their families. This is because there is no way for an Alzheimer’s patient to progress without the support of another person.
In the INNN Cognitive Aging and Dementia Clinicone of the priorities of care is to focus on listening to the particular problems that caregivers face and helping them with strategies that facilitate the care of those living with Alzheimer’s disease.
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