Brain atrophy in the elderly is the most common symptom

One problem that people often face when entering old age is brain atrophy. Many elderly people have no independent consciousness, which has a great impact on their families. Brain atrophy in the elderly will significantly reduce their memory and their personality will become depressed, so family members must take good care of them.

1. Symptoms of brain atrophy in the elderly

1. Memory impairment: Recent memory impairment occurs early, such as frequently losing items, forgetting promises, etc. As the disease progresses, memory is completely lost. This is one of the symptoms of brain atrophy in the elderly.

2. Changes in personality and behavior: Personality changes are also a major symptom of senile cerebral atrophy. The patient becomes withdrawn and dislikes interacting with others, or has no ideals, desires, or lacks affection for children and relatives; living habits are rigid and strange, and the personality is irritable, the speech increases, or the words are long-winded and repetitive; or the patient is suspicious and selfish, pays special attention to his own health and safety, and is often entangled in some minor discomforts.

3. Intellectual decline and dementia: manifested by a comprehensive decline in intellectual activities such as understanding, judgment, and calculation ability, inability to adapt to social life, and difficulty in doing work and housework; gradually becoming unable to correctly answer one's own name and age, not knowing when to be hungry or full when eating, not knowing the way home after going out, and collecting waste paper and other items as treasures. In the later stages of the disease, the patient is bedridden all day, unable to take care of himself, unable to distinguish between relatives and strangers, incontinent, speaks slurred, slurred, and incoherently, eventually becoming completely demented. These are all symptoms of brain atrophy in the elderly.

2. Home Care

1. Care for cerebral atrophy should strengthen nutrition, improve nutrition, maintain dietary balance and mental health.

2. Read more books and newspapers, participate in group activities regularly, exercise moderately, enhance cognitive activities, and strive to restore previous life experience and abilities.

3. Enhance the patient's orientation. If the orientation disorder is severe, the patient should avoid going out alone.

4. Nursing for cerebral atrophy should also promote language communication and assist patients in increasing interpersonal interactions, such as participating in recreational activities and outdoor activities.

5. Properly store dangerous items, reduce the change of items in the room, ensure the safety of patients, pay attention to cleanliness and hygiene, and maintain the integrity of the patient's skin.