What Causes Alzheimer's?
Despite the ongoing investigation, some causes of Alzheimer's disease remain unknown.
However, we have identified certain risk factors that raise the possibility of suffering from the disease, such as:
-blood pressure, high cholesterol and homocysteine;
- Low levels of intellectual stimulation, physical exercise and social activity;
-Obesity and diabetes;
-Serious or repeated head injuries.
How to Diagnose Alzheimer's?
There is no single test that can, by itself definitively diagnose Alzheimer's disease. The diagnosis must be made by medical specialist (neurologist or psychiatrist) through a process of excluding other causes that may be responsible for signs and symptoms.
The role of GPs is crucial in detecting early signs of dementia and the immediate referral to specialty consultations, allowing a diagnosis early.
Early diagnosis enables a person with dementia and their carers to plan and organize your life and take part in decisions relating to their future.
enables also a non-pharmacological intervention and pharmacological most effective in relieving symptoms and preserving capabilities, with real gains in their quality of life .
How to treat?
There is currently no cure for Alzheimer's disease. However, there are drugs that provide symptomatic treatment of most cognitive and behavioral alterations. Although they can not prevent progressive neuronal loss, existing drugs can help stabilize and reduce some symptoms.
Treatment of Alzheimer's disease must reconcile with the pharmacological interveção nonpharmacologic intervention.
The non-pharmacological intervention with respect to a set of interventions designed to maximize cognitive functioning and well-being of the person and help her in the process adaptation to disease. The activities are intended for the stimulation of the capacities of people, preserving the longest period of time possible, their independence, comfort and dignity.
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