Symptoms of brain atrophy, the elderly should be alert

Brain atrophy is a very terrible disease. This disease is more common in the elderly. Its main symptoms include decreased brain function, neurological dysfunction and dementia. If not treated in time, the consequences will be very serious.

1. The classification of brain atrophy includes degenerative brain atrophy: a common and frequently occurring disease in the elderly characterized by varying degrees of atrophy and degeneration of the cerebrum, cerebellum and olive bridge, resulting in decreased brain function, neurological dysfunction and dementia as the main manifestations.

2. Focal cerebral atrophy: It is caused by degeneration of brain tissue due to local brain tissue lesions or local cerebral softening caused by surgery, which can cause local atrophy in and around the lesion site. It is also called a certain brain disease or sequelae of brain injury.

3. Hereditary cerebral atrophy: It is divided into autosomal dominant and recessive inheritance. Clinically, it is divided into spinal type, spinocerebellar type, cerebellar type and peripheral type according to the characteristics of pathological changes. This is also one of the classifications of cerebral atrophy.

4. The classification of cerebral atrophy also includes cerebral atrophy with mainly cerebellar pathological changes: clinical manifestations include unstable gait, ataxia, slurred speech, choking and coughing, etc.

5. Brain atrophy with atrophy of the cerebral cortex as the main pathological change: Clinically, motor dysfunction, memory loss and slow reaction often occur.