70 years old brain atrophy generally can live for how long can not be specifically determined, may not affect the life expectancy, may also be 5 ~ 10 years, may also die at any time.
1. Physiological cerebral atrophy: with the growth of age, the brain tissue of the organism will undergo degenerative changes, which is a normal manifestation of human aging and belongs to a normal physiological change, and generally will not affect the life expectancy of human beings.
2. Pathological brain atrophy
(1) Alzheimer’s disease: the course of the disease is about 5 to 10 years, a small number of patients can survive for 10 years or longer, and most of them die from complications such as lung infection, urinary tract infection and pressure sores.
(2) Cerebral atrophy caused by cerebrovascular disease: cerebrovascular disease can patients with disability, if the bedridden state of the elderly, can be due to a combination of lung infection, urinary tract infection and other reasons affecting the life expectancy; if the cerebrovascular disease recurs again, occurring in the brain stem and other important parts of the brain stem, it can be at any time death.
70-year-old patients with cerebral atrophy, it is recommended to consult with a specialized doctor.