What is the best medicine for cerebral atrophy?

When our bodies are sick, patients all hope that there are some special medicines that can cure the disease faster. However, there is actually no specific medicine for diseases like cerebral atrophy, and there is no saying which medicine is the best. Only the prescription prescribed by the doctor based on the patient's condition and physical condition can be the most effective. Therefore, patients should not have too much psychological burden and just actively receive treatment.

Currently, there is no specific medicine for the treatment of cerebral atrophy. Early detection, early treatment, and active and correct measures can control some risk factors in the bud. Prevention still has a certain effect and can at least delay the occurrence and development of the disease. Magnesium is a cofactor of various enzyme reactions. It works together with potassium, calcium and other elements to maintain the myocardium and prevent arteriosclerosis, thereby enhancing blood flow to the brain.

Brain atrophy refers to a phenomenon in which the brain tissue itself atrophies due to organic lesions caused by various reasons. Pathologically, it manifests as a reduction in brain tissue volume, a decrease in cell number, and an expansion of the ventricles and subarachnoid space. The disease mostly occurs in people over 50 years old, and the course of the disease can last from several years to several decades. It is more common in men than in women. It can be divided into diffuse cerebral atrophy (including cortical atrophy, cerebellar atrophy, and atrophy of the cortex, cerebellum, and brainstem) and focal cerebral atrophy (more common after focal organic brain lesions such as trauma, vascular disease, and localized intracranial infection). Brain atrophy was originally named after the discovery of reduced brain tissue volume and enlarged cerebral ventricles during CT or MRI examinations. Therefore, brain atrophy is a neuroimaging manifestation of many diseases.

The principles of treatment are to remove the cause of the disease; activate brain metabolic function and indirectly inhibit the progression of the disease; activate brain cells that are in an inhibited and dormant state; reduce the occurrence of various symptoms and complications caused by brain atrophy; maintain the remaining brain function and improve the quality of life.

1. Symptomatic treatment

Cerebral atrophy is mainly treated symptomatically, and relevant drugs are used symptomatically according to the different symptoms of cerebral atrophy.

2. Rehabilitation

Rehabilitation therapy is meaningful for patients with cerebral atrophy, especially after the occurrence of cognitive and motor dysfunction, rehabilitation therapy has important value for functional recovery.

3. Seek treatment early

Early treatment should be within 6 months after the onset of various functional disorders, when treatment recovery is optimal. For patients who started treatment 6 months after onset, their recovery degree and speed were worse than those who received early treatment.