Symptoms of Pick's dementia

Pick's disease dementia is a common disease in the elderly, with the main manifestations being memory loss, dementia, confusion, etc. The symptoms of Pick's dementia are different at different stages, and the clinical symptoms can be roughly divided into three periods. So, in order to help more elderly people stay away from this type of disease, let’s ask the doctor to explain to you the specific symptoms of Pick’s dementia.

What are the symptoms of Pick's dementia? From the perspective of perceptual behavior, it manifests as slow reaction, severe memory loss, decreased ability to take care of oneself, etc. How can we detect Pick's dementia in the elderly earlier? First of all, we might as well understand what the symptoms of Pick's dementia are.

Symptoms of Pick's dementia

The disease can occur at any stage of adulthood, but most cases occur between the ages of 50 and 60. It is more common in women than in men. The most notable clinical manifestation is the early onset of symptoms of frontal lobe damage, with obvious personality and behavioral changes occurring earlier and more commonly than memory impairment. Childish behavior, lack of self-control, lying, alcoholism, laziness, impoliteness, and love of pranks; emotional impulse, irritability, wandering, poor judgment and comprehension, and may be detained for theft and sexual disinhibition (such as sexual harassment). For some patients, the first symptoms may be social withdrawal, lack of initiative or depression.

Clinical symptoms can be divided into 3 stages. The prominent symptom in the first stage is behavioral disorder. The main manifestations are lack of movement, laziness, loss of self-awareness, impulsive behavior, frequent wandering outside, and inability to do housework. They may even commit immoral acts such as stealing, lying or insulting young girls. It may also manifest as irritability, inattention, and cognitive impairment. In the second stage, there is often a loss of advanced intention. Lack of ambition and initiative, repetitive speech, and sensory or motor aphasia, apraxia, and agnosia may occur. Extrapyramidal signs such as cogwheel muscle rigidity and dull facial expression may also occur. Stage 3 is severe dementia. Personality decline, loss of speech ability, limb contracture, incontinence, and loss of self-recognition ability. Stereotyped movements and primitive reflexes such as sucking and grasping may occur. This disease rarely causes hallucinations and delusions, epileptic seizures are also rare, and dementia develops relatively rapidly.

1. The age of onset is mostly between 50 and 60 years old.

2. There is evidence of organic changes. There is progressive intellectual decline; memory impairment is the most prominent manifestation, and amnesia and disorientation are common.

3. The onset is insidious, with changes in character, behavior and personality appearing early. The ability to take care of oneself in daily life decreases.

4. Disorders of higher functions of the cerebral cortex. Such as decreased thinking, comprehension, judgment, analytical and comprehensive abilities, and calculation abilities; emotional dullness or euphoria; rude social behavior and poor self-control.

5. Progressive dementia.

6. Clear consciousness.

7. Manifestations include apathy, euphoria, language disorders, willpower decline, and occasional pyramidal tract signs.

8. Head CT often shows localized atrophy of the frontal lobe or temporal lobe.

9. In the early stages of electroencephalogram examination, the disappearance of alpha waves and diffuse high-amplitude slow waves may be detected.

What are the symptoms of Pick's dementia? After a detailed understanding, can you preliminarily judge whether you have Pick's dementia based on the symptoms? Also, how can you prevent and treat Pick's dementia? Doctors suggest that the elderly should eat a light diet, eat more fresh vegetables and fruits, and pay attention to ensuring adequate sleep, insist on using the brain more, reading more books, playing mahjong, chess, chatting more, etc.