How much do you know about dementia prevention and treatment?

  The brain function of the elderly inevitably declines to varying degrees as they age, and cognitive function declines accordingly. Alzheimer’s disease (commonly known as Alzheimer’s disease) is becoming more prevalent as the population ages. Alzheimer’s disease is an age-related degenerative disease of the brain that is characterized by progressive memory loss, which can be combined with reduced orientation, calculation, language, and visual-spatial abilities, and is often accompanied by abnormal mental behavior.  Dementia has become a growing concern as the focus on diseases of aging continues to grow. According to the 2012 World Alzheimer’s Disease Report, there were 36 million people with dementia worldwide in 2010, and it is estimated that the number of people with dementia will increase to 66 million by 2030, and is expected to increase to 115 million by 2050, with two-thirds of people with dementia located in low and middle-income countries due to their prominent aging populations.  With a global dementia-related cost of $600 billion in 2010, the health care system is overwhelmed by the dramatic increase in the dementia population and the increasing burden on families and society, when we will not have enough manpower to care for such a large number of people with dementia. In the last decade, several clinical drug trials have successively failed, presumably due to late intervention, thus advocating early intervention for cognitive dysfunction before symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease become apparent, which may be the right time to intervene in the disease.  Mild cognitive impairment is the prodromal stage of Alzheimer’s disease, an intermediate transition state between normal aging and dementia, and it refers specifically to older adults with mild memory or cognitive impairment that does not reach dementia, a group with a significantly higher risk of dementia.  Common manifestations include: frequently searching for one’s belongings in the home, forgetting to turn off the faucet after washing one’s hands, having difficulty with cooking that one was once very good at, forgetting appointments, quickly forgetting and not being able to recall what one was told, repeatedly asking after the same thing, not being able to perform previous tasks, and having a change in personality and temperament …… As the disease progresses, it can As the disease progresses, memory loss may worsen, mental behavior may become abnormal, and even daily life may not be completely self-care. If Alzheimer’s disease patients establish good lifestyle habits, physical therapy and medication early, the development of the disease can be delayed.