Can Dementia Be Misjudged? Physician Exposes 5 Signs Of Dementia

Clinically, elders may sometimes experience temporary dysfunction due to some physical conditions. Doctors will diagnose the early stage of dementia according to the clinical symptoms at that time. However, in fact, dementia can cause continuous deterioration of brain function. When symptoms do not worsen for 1 to 2 years, dementia can be ruled out.

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Chen Anzhi, chief physician of the Department of Neurology, Sun Yat-Sen Medical University Hospital, emphasized that dementia is a chronic neurodegenerative disease that leads to the gradual deterioration of cognition and daily life functions. Dementia is still incurable. Early detection and early treatment are recommended to prevent dementia. Slow down the progression of the disease.

Chen Anzhi reminds that when family members have the following 5 major situations, there may be signs of dementia and should go to the hospital for further diagnosis:

Chen Anzhi emphasized that with typical Alzheimer's disease, brain function will continue to deteriorate, but; however, when diagnosed with middle-stage dementia, the symptoms of dementia patients will continue to deteriorate, and they are less likely to be misjudged .

Chen Yingru, a nutritionist at the Hospital Affiliated to Sun Yat-Sen Medical University, added, but dementia patients will have different dietary problems at different times. For example, reduced food intake, resulting in vitamin B deficiency; possible eating but forgetting; gradual changes in dietary preferences; refusal or overeating.

Chen Yingru suggested that, at the same time, the water intake and weight of dementia patients should also be monitored. According to the drinking water recommendation of the European Society of Intravenous and Enteral Nutrition for the elderly, it is 1.6 liters/day for women and 2 liters/day for men. Days, those with kidney or heart disease require additional assessment of water intake.

Huang Yichun, a professor in the Department of Cosmetology at Taichung University of Science and Technology, shared that her mother is a dementia patient. In her 13 years of dementia care experience, she found that the pressure of dementia caregivers may come from Invisible pressures such as careless inquiries from other family members, actual care pressures, long-term time pressures, and seeking good and strong.

Huang Yichun emphasized that. She suggested that dementia caregivers can ask themselves "Can it be solved?", "Can I face it?" or face it from a different perspective, learning to live with stress.

In addition, Huang Yichun also suggested, wait, and appropriate exercise, or massage, essential oils, etc., to develop an attitude of letting stress-relieving habits enter your life.

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