Dementia, also known as Alzheimer’s disease, presents with severe psychiatric problems considered to have reached the middle to late stages of the disease, and antipsychotic-related medications, such as olanzapine, may be given.
Alzheimer’s disease is a neurodegenerative disease. In the early stages of the disease, the main manifestation is loss of near memory, and as the disease progresses, far memory decreases, and there is also a decline in computation, comprehension, reaction ability, orientation, etc. In the middle and late stages of the disease, patients may have varying degrees of psychiatric symptoms.
In the middle and late stages of the disease, patients may have different degrees of mental symptoms, such as irritability, irritability, indifference, anxiety, etc., until the severe intellectual decline and complete loss of ability to live.
Patients with Alzheimer’s disease should seek timely medical treatment and actively treat the primary disease. Antipsychotic drugs, such as olanzapine and clozapine, can be used under the guidance of the doctor when mental symptoms occur, and nursing care should be strengthened to prevent accidents such as injuries and loss.