Intellectuals are more at risk of dementia

Alzheimer's disease in China was increasing trend in elderly patients has occupied the first "killer" position, which accounted for intellectuals more than 20% disease rates, and the ratio of 5% per year rising.
Old people confused, do not be a normal
Alzheimer's disease patients, most of them in the text, technology and other aspects of the work, and once they retire from the busy work of tension, many people can not adjust their mentality time, changing roles, that suffered from "senile dementia", The family just think they get older, "senile", and even more reluctant to believe that a lot of previous knowledge, and Manner full of parents and the "dementia" two words together.
Ms Qian's father, 67-year-old former is a disease in urban road design engineer, retired as the city has successfully designed a myriad reasonable, smooth roads, impressive, and has won numerous awards. But after years of retirement, his wife left him due to illness, how he was a man staying at home is not comfortable, filial sons and daughters are thinking about the law to accompany him, he also bought a cute puppy But he did not like it, then more and more children are found him strange, often called into her son to the kitchen as a bathroom, has a tidy bear father became dirty, and the situation is more serious, even aphasia, amnesia , go get lost, did not dare leave home, people. Sons and daughters do not believe that his father had "senile dementia" that is "free", and until recently have come to the hospital for treatment. Following MRI, and Alzheimer's Checklist and other check, Professor Xu for Miss Xiao said: Your father has Alzheimer's, the disease is very heavy, due to the long did not receive proper treatment, missed the best treatment for the treatment of period of time if the disease had found that treatment, although not curable, but can control the disease's development.
The more confused the older person is not to prevent the most critical
Alzheimer's disease, is a chronic degenerative brain disease, common are Alzheimer's dementia and vascular dementia. Distance for the conduct of clinical manifestations of memory disorders, analytical ability decline, mood changes, behavioral disorders, and even confusion. Is the quality of life of the elderly one of the major diseases, to families and society caused considerable burden. So far, no specific drug treatment. Professor Xu said: Although no cure for Alzheimer's, but the older people are not more confused, elderly family members to care for the timely detection of dementia symptoms, address the disease, early treatment.
The gradual degradation of the brain is the physical laws of nature, is generally believed that middle-aged people, the brain function and structure that can be aged, a large number of nerve cells degenerate, the brain begins to shrink, while nerve cells and nerve fibers are degenerative changes in brain than the young blood flow decreased by approximately 17%. Decline of brain function as an early manifestation of memory loss. So, always think long memory and the elderly the ability to accept new knowledge is getting worse, is due to reduction of brain cells, caused by brain atrophy. However, scientists have found that the human brain has a high degree of plasticity, that can always positive with the brain of healthy elderly, the transmission of information does not reduce the number of dendritic cells, or even increase, with age, the more knowledge and experience and more abundant, easy to set up multiple links, resulting in improved memory, comprehension and language skills, problem analysis, induction, reasoning and ability to judge and often even more than young people. So slow down brain aging, reduce the incidence of dementia is possible. In addition, the positive result to avoid the risk factors of dementia (such as poor lifestyle and eating habits, addicted to tobacco and alcohol, depression, living alone, environmental pollution, etc.), and actively combat the disease (hypertension, diabetes, high cholesterol, sexually transmitted diseases, hypothyroidism, etc.), but also can prevent or reduce the incidence of dementia.
Meanwhile, Professor Xu also suggested: the elderly do not have Alzheimer's scared of it is important to stress methods, preventive measures. The first is to prevent atherosclerosis. Spleen and kidney may be a number of old people eat foods, such as yam, date, barley; followed by attention to functional aspects of mental and physical training. Should be diligent in their brains, many activities such as finger joints; third, focus on mental nursed back to health. Nursed back to health should pay attention to the impassioned atmosphere, and maintain optimism, sadness and worry less; the fourth is to strengthen the physical training. Some own favorite, whatever sport, such as jogging, swimming, hiking and other activities; fifth is living eat. Stressed to do "three, three high, three low and two-ring", that regular, quantitative, qualitative; high-protein, high unsaturated fatty acids, high vitamin; low-fat, low salt; smoking, alcohol, you can eat some fish food, appropriate to add vitamin E; the seventh, their loved ones care. Contemporary social life, the pace of work are not all the same. Children usually do not live with their parents, which also requires young people to give "empty nest" a number of caring for the elderly, especially the widowed elderly.
Nine signal can predict Alzheimer's disease
According to Xu Professor: If the following nine signals, the incidence of dementia should be careful.
1, memory impairment. Often shows "forgetful," "Having to forget," repeated the same question asked;
2, visual spatial skills barriers. Can not accurately determine the location of items, find their own rooms, beds, clothes tell about, anyway;
3, the language barrier. Though eloquent, but the listener can not hear his words, stuttering and vague;
4, writing difficulties. Write the contents of the lied, or even write their own names;
5, apraxia and agnosia. The original can be skillfully riding, swimming, after the illness will not, do not know their loved ones and familiar faces of friends;
6, the calculated barriers. Shopping will not afterwards, serious even the most simple addition and subtraction will not be a;
7, judgment, and distraction.
8, mental dysfunction. Often appears mania, hallucinations, personality changes, etc.;
9, movement disorders. Aimless pacing around the door, closed and urine incontinence.