With early detection, dementia could be delayed up to 10 years

Dementia is a syndrome who is coming 10% of older adults abnormally due to deterioration of cognitive function, ability to learn and remember, but if detected at an early stage, it is possible to delay complications up to 10 yearshe said Andrés Gerardo Roche Bergua, head of department of the psychogeriatric unit of the psychiatric hospital "Fray Bernardino Álvarez".

The onset of dementia can be delayed if it is detected in time minor neurocognitive disorder, which is the intermediate process between expected cognitive damage with normal aging and severe deterioration of dementia, as it is a risk factor for the general population.

Dementia can occur at any age due to various diseases and brain damage such as Alzheimer, considered the most common dementia, followed by vascular, derived from lesions in the blood vesselsand that of Lewy bodies, which includes hallucinations and mobility problems.

According to the specialist, major neurocognitive disorder or dementia occurs more frequently in people over 60, without this being a normal consequence of aging, but it is a risk factor because at age 60, the risk of developing dementia is 5% the 90 multiplies exponentially to 45%.

Here are the symptoms

• The signs and symptoms of dementia are classified in three steps: at the beginning, the the beginning is progressive and it is possible that this goes unnoticed, there is a tendency to forget, the loss of the notion of time and spatial displacement even in known places.

In the intermediate stage the person forgets recent events, names of people; there is a dislocation at home, communication difficulties and the person needs help for grooming and personal care, as well as behavioral changes.

While in the advanced stage there is dependency and inactivity, difficulty in recognizing friends and family, relocation over time and space, help with personal care, difficulty walking and, in some cases, changing behavior as aggression.

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