Dementia Syndrome Precautions

We need to actively treat dementia syndrome. So what should we pay attention to in the treatment of dementia syndrome? We must understand what dementia syndrome is. The main clinical feature of dementia syndrome is the slow onset of intellectual decline. The treatment of dementia syndrome is a long process, and we need to find out the cause of dementia syndrome.

There are many causes of dementia syndrome. Systemic diseases and central nervous system diseases can lead to dementia syndrome. Drugs, toxins and nutritional deficiencies can also lead to the occurrence of dementia syndrome. Intracranial tumors and brain damage are also causes of dementia syndrome.

Dementia syndrome is a chronic, comprehensive mental disorder with the main clinical feature being the slow onset of intellectual decline, including decline in memory, thinking, understanding, judgment, calculation and other functions and varying degrees of personality changes, without impaired consciousness. It is more common in organic brain diseases with slow onset and long course.

Causes of dementia syndrome

(1) Central nervous system diseases: Alzheimer's disease, Pick's disease, Huntington's disease, Parkinson's disease, multiple sclerosis, and Lewy body dementia.

(2) Systemic diseases: ① Endocrine and metabolic diseases: thyroid disease, parathyroid disease, pituitary-adrenal disease, post-hypoglycemic state; ② Liver disease: chronic progressive hepatic encephalopathy; ③ Kidney disease: chronic uremic encephalopathy, progressive uremic encephalopathy; ④ Cardiovascular disease: cerebral hypoxia or hypoxia, vascular dementia, arrhythmia, vasculitic lesions; ⑤ Lung disease: pulmonary encephalopathy.

(3) Nutritional deficiency diseases: vitamin B12 and B1 deficiency, folic acid deficiency

(4) Drugs and toxins: alcohol, carbon monoxide, heavy metals

(5) Intracranial tumors and brain damage

(6) Infectious diseases: Jakob-Creutzfeldt disease, neurosyphilis-general paralysis, AIDS, cryptococcal meningitis, tuberculous and fungal meningitis

(7) Others: Wilson's disease, hydrocephalus, sarcoidosis, normal pressure hydrocephalus

Precautions before treatment of dementia syndrome:

This disease is difficult to treat, so prevention is very important.

1. Strengthen the hygiene of infants and young children during pregnancy, and ensure good eugenics and upbringing.

2. Strengthening hypertension, hyperlipidemia and cerebral arteriosclerosis has certain positive significance in preventing the occurrence of dementia.

3. Strengthen physical and mental exercise, maintain a good mood, pay attention to the combination of work and rest, insist on a certain amount of physical activity, eat a reasonable diet, limit animal fat or foods high in cholesterol, eat more fruits and vegetables, and quit smoking or drinking.

4. To carry out community activities well, we must try to eliminate the loneliness and isolation of the elderly.

Above we introduced what dementia syndrome is. I believe that the above introduction to dementia syndrome will be helpful to everyone. We must do a good job in preventing dementia syndrome, because the treatment of dementia syndrome is very troublesome. The above introduces some matters that should be paid attention to before the treatment of dementia syndrome.