Introduction
The dementia is a kind of good hair in the elderly's clinical disease group, the main symptom is that the memory fails, and follow the obstacle of the cognitive function of a brain at least, may be just slight in initial stage to forget, the things can not be found or misplaced, not very consistent and will cover some wordings or movements again before and after speaking, gradual, failing more and more serious of memory, there are obstacles , walk out of one's home and will get lost on judgement , abstract thinking , computing capability, know too individual character change, what has been had a very good temper originally person, becoming temperish, about half the patients have behavior with unusual spirit, such as vainlying hope , illusion , anxiety , swimming to go , sleep-disorder somnipathy , melancholy or act of violence ,etc.
Causes of Dementia
¡¹ Degenerative disease¡GAlzheimer' s Disease
¡¹ Cerebral vascular disease
¡¹ SDH
¡¹ Brain Tumor
¡¹ Hypothyroidism
¡¹ Depression
¡¹ Parkinson disease
¡¹ Infection disease
Symptoms
¡¹ Memory fails and influences the routine
¡¹ Think abstractly it has difficulty in
¡¹ Unable to do well to the affairs that were familiar with in the past
¡¹ It is in disorder that the things are put
¡¹ Disturbance of speak and express
¡¹ The behavior and mood changing
¡¹ Lose concept of the time and space
¡¹ The individual character changes sharply
¡¹ The judgement and alertness become bad
¡¹ Lose the interest to life and things
Treatment
The treatment of Dementia is according to it's causes. We should find out the cause first and then treat to the ill. For Alzheimer's disease, we can treat with Tacrine, Rivastigmine or Donepezil clinically.
Nursing
¡¹ Effective communication and understanding
¡¹ Comfort and security of the environment
¡¹ Pay attention to patient's behavior
¡¹ Notice personal hygiene and daily life activities |
