Dementia, being one of the most significant diseases in neurology and psychiatry, is usually linked to chronological age and most often appears in people over the age of 65. According to the criteria of the World Health Organisation, symptoms of dementia include a reduced ability to memorize as well as some other cognitive difficulties such as dysphasia (speaking disorder), agnosia (a state in which a person loses the ability to recognize objects, faces, voices or places), apraxia (total or partial inability to perform correct, logical and pre-learned actions that have a goal), disorientation, inability to make decisions etc.
Alzheimer's disease is the most common type of dementia and the most high-risk factor for its appearance is (old) age. It is a degenerative illness that affects cells of the cerebral cortex and its surrounding structures. It is progressive, incurable, accompanied with somatic complications and results in death.
A yearly report from the Alzheimer's Association shows that one out of three elderly persons will die from this disease or some other form of dementia. Typical clinical symptoms include memory disorders and behavioral changes. Alzheimer's disease attacks cells in the cerebral cortex, it is characterized by a quick progression and cannot be reversed to its original state. In other words, it permanently damages one's neurons. The formation of the so-called "senile plaque” and "neurofilament aggregations” is caused by neural damage in the hippocampus.
Martial Arts Help
in the Treatment of
Alzheimer's Disease
Part 1.
By David " Sensei" Stainko