Elderly memory loss may be caused by physiological reasons or pathological reasons, such as Alzheimer’s disease, vascular dementia, etc. It is mainly treated symptomatically with drugs.
1. Physiological causes: as the elderly grow older, their memory will gradually decrease, in this case, the forgetfulness of the elderly about what they have done is always partial, and it does not affect their daily life, so usually no treatment is needed.
2. Alzheimer’s disease: it is a kind of disease in which memory loss accompanies cognitive decline, and may even lead to personality disorders in patients. At present, cholinesterase inhibitors such as donepezil and carboplatin are mainly used. If mental symptoms occur, symptomatic drugs such as fluoxetine and risperidone should be given at the same time.
3. Vascular dementia: usually secondary to cerebrovascular disease, given to the secondary prevention of cerebrovascular disease treatment, to prevent recurrence of stroke at the same time can choose to use cytarabine, Idebenone, Oracetam and other drugs to improve cognitive function symptomatic treatment.
Memory loss in the elderly may also be caused by other reasons, it is recommended that patients go to the hospital in a timely manner to identify the cause of the symptomatic treatment, do not use drugs without authorization, so as not to cause adverse consequences.