Dementia
With the onset of the last century, we have been hearing a lot about ailments that affect the elderly and dementia is one that is most often heard of. Dementia is a broad term that categorizes a decline in the cognitive ability of individual that is severe enough to interfere… ...Read more
With the onset of the last century, we have been hearing a lot about ailments that affect the elderly and dementia is one that is most often heard of. Dementia is a broad term that categorizes a decline in the cognitive ability of individual that is severe enough to interfere in their day-to-day activity. Memory loss, cognitive loss could well be termed as examples. Alzheimer’s is the most common form of dementia.
According to Alzheimer’s and Related Disorders Society of India (ARDSI), an organization that helps to manage Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia, 4.1 million people in India suffer from dementia and this whopping number is set to double by 2030.
Symptoms
The signs and symptoms of anyone suffering from dementia may vary greatly. However, at least two of the following abilities must be disturbed or ruptured in order to say the person is affected by dementia.
- Memory
- Visual perception
- Communication and language
- Reasoning and judgment
- Ability to focus and pay attention
- Clinical depression
- Nutritional deficiencies
- Thyroid issues
- Alcoholism
