People who suffer from this devastating ill have a buildup of a sticky substance called amyloid-protein from the A-beta, which accumulates around nerve cells and blood vessels in the brain. Healthy cells throughout the body produces this substance, but in people with Alzheimer produce more of what the brain can control. The greater the amount of amyloid, the greater the degree of dementia or loss of ability to think, remember and reason.

While cholesterol is a substance the body needs to form cell membranes, some hormones and tissues, studies suggest that certain forms of cholesterol promote the production of a protein that is the main component of amyloid in the brain.

What is believed to be the trigger of atherosclerosis and Alzheimer’s is unable to be tested. The expectation is that a good cardiovascular circulation have a detoxifying effect on the brain.

The pharmaceutical industries are trying to develop drugs that inhibit the production of protein A-beta or facilitate the removal of invasive brain amyloid.

Current research interest in putting the results of clinical trials that test the effectiveness of vitamin E and other antioxidants in the prevention of cognitive decline that comes with age and is accentuated in patients with dementia.
It has also been found that supplements of vitamins E and D have shown a significant protective effect against memory problems and loss of mental capacity and the loss of cognitive function deteriorated from atherosclerosis or clogged arteries.

The study shows that antioxidants are one of the ten best ways to preserve the memory, and that protect brain cells from free radicals, toxic resulting from oxidation.

The other way to prevent memory loss are:

1. follow a diet low in fat;

2. physical activity;

3. maintaining mental stimulation;

4. reduce stress;

5. eat foods with vitamin B complex;

6. eat fish and olive oil;

7. use the therapeutic powers of ginkgo biloba;

8. treatments with estrogen;

9. have? healthy relationships? with people

Lowering cholesterol and blood pressure

Research conducted by Dr. Hugh Hendrie, professor in the School of Medicine, Indiana University, also suggests that other factors besides genetics, such as high blood pressure, excess fat and high cholesterol levels, increase the risk of dementia or Alzheimer’s disease two to two and a half.

It is known that low cholesterol and low pressure prevents the onset of heart disease but not know that high cholesterol could mean a risk factor for Alzheimer’s disease. This should, according to studies, the destruction of nerve cells in the brain.

You may then conclude that what is bad for the heart is for the brain. We must pay attention to risk factors associated with heart disease to also prevent Alzheimer’s disease. And Prevention use the same: consumption of antioxidants such as vitamins A, C and E, anti-inflammatory drugs and exercise, experts say.

Also noteworthy is that hormone replacement therapy in postmenopausal women apply are not yet a factor in delaying the onset of Alzheimer’s disease, but estrogen is good for controlling cholesterol, which ends up being beneficial for the brain.

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The diagnosis of clinical disease is based on the presence in the patient of the following elements:

• Sudden onset and progressively worsening.
• Presence of impairment of memory, especially recent memory, especially at the onset of the disease.
• The neurological examination is negative for abnormal gait, incoordination of movements or abnormal reflexes.

Treatment

There is no cure for this disease. The drug treatment is aimed at treating some symptoms of the patient (anxiety, agitation, insomnia, depression) in order to reduce the disruption caused by the disease.

If you are a person in charge of caring for a patient with Alzheimer’s disease and this administer the medication, remember that:

• No change in dose of a drug (either increase or decrease) only if the doctor explicitly.
• Store medicines in a cool, dry and protected from light and keep the patient out of reach, preferably locked, since the person can take more dosages of the prescription by the doctor, with consequent danger of intoxication.
• If the patient is given drugs to keep awake, to be administered in the morning and not at night because they can cause sleeplessness (insomnia).
• If the patient receives medicine for sleep (sedatives or hypnotics) or muscle relaxants should be given at night, otherwise the patient will spend sleepy during the day.
• The hours that they should not administer medication must meet the convenience of the caregiver, but the patient’s needs, taking into account the time you get up, hours of meals and the time at which lying down, make a list of the medications you are managing the patient, the schedule with which it must manage, if you have questions about how to administer medicines to your family, ask a pharmacist.
• If the patient tolerates the drug well, before stopping, call your doctor.
• It is important not to stop giving medication if the patient feels well, follow the label directions and administer always at the right time.
• o not give other medications different from what the doctor ordered for the patient, even prescription medicines or herbal remedies.

Alzheimer’s disease usually strikes people over age 65 but can also affect younger people. It is often accompanied by cerebral symptoms such as altered gait, coordination of movements or changes in reflexes.

Main symptoms

During the first two years with Alzheimer’s disease, patients suffer from disorientation and memory loss of recent events. Later, the patient will have frequent problems due to progressive memory loss, trial, concentration, speech, and physical coordination. This is the stage during which the patient may forget to bathe and have problems with activities that previously you were routine. Eventually, either the patient’s family and / or their caregivers have to constantly monitor the patient because of their tendency to move away and get lost, and senseless act in socially inappropriate ways.

Patients with Alzheimer’s disease may also suffer from insomnia, confusion or nervousness during the hours of the night, and repeat the same ideas, movements, words or thoughts. The final and most advanced stage of the disease include severe problems with feeding, communication and control of basic functions.