The treatment of vascular dementia includes etiologic treatment such as aspirin for cerebral embolism, cognitive symptom treatment such as donepezil, and symptomatic treatment such as olanzapine.
1. Etiologic treatment: most patients with vascular dementia have cerebrovascular-related diseases such as cerebral embolism, so it is necessary to actively target the cause of the disease, and give anti-platelet aggregation drugs such as aspirin, adjust the blood lipids such as atorvastatin and so on.
2. Treatment of cognitive symptoms: cholinesterase inhibitors such as donepezil and non-competitive NMDA receptor antagonists such as memantine may improve the cognitive function of patients.
3. Symptomatic treatment: If the patient has hallucinations, delusions and other symptoms related to mental illness, atypical antipsychotic drugs such as olanzapine and risperidone can be given.
Alzheimer’s disease patients should be accompanied by family members to seek timely medical treatment, under the guidance of professional doctors to actively treat, and strengthen the daily care to improve the quality of life of patients.