Treatment of Alzheimer's disease

Alzheimer's disease is diagnosed in the elderly. This disease has a devastating impact on the brain of patients, they have lost the connection with loved ones on an emotional level, there is a loss of ability to take criticism and destruction of the human person. Also disturbed coordination of movements, starts a chaotic tremor of the upper limbs (the formation of "Alzheimer's hands"). Over time handwriting changes dramatically, there is a memory loss (the patients start to be afraid of thefts and to hide money and other valuables in places which are very quickly forgotten, and then blame the household in the theft). Often observed aggression (patients in self-defense begin to carry potentially dangerous items), suicide attempts (in the background of obsessions patients may repeatedly attempt to settle scores with life).

To prevent Alzheimer's disease in the acute stage, it is necessary to diagnose this disease, and then to spend complex treatment. Doctors often confuse Alzheimer's disease with other pathologies that have similar symptoms, for example, with the effects of stroke or with discirculatory encephalopathy. That's why diagnosis of BA should be carried out by highly qualified specialists in the field of psychiatry, neuroscience and clinical psychology.

During a comprehensive examination of the patient a clinical psychologist pays attention to cognitive functions:

• The gnosis (responsible for a person's ability to respond to coming from different receptors information, recognize it and re-create a holistic image);
• Memory (helps people not only to capture information from the outside, but also to store it and reproduce);
• Intellect (person analyzes any incoming information, build a logical chain, solves various tasks, if necessary abstrahierte from the outside world);
• Speech (responsible for the ability to interpret their thoughts and to participate in dialogue with other people);
• Praxis (people not only acquire various motor skills, but also for life store them in the memory);
• Attention (in humans the psychological activity is maintained at the proper level).

With the development ofAlzheimer's patients violated all of the above features, so the doctors is very important to diagnose the disease and apply the most effective method of treatment.

Specialists often prescribe to such patients to therapy, the aim of which is relief of disease and reducing the severity of accompanying symptoms. Alzheimer's disease is a degenerative pathology of the brain in which you experience the following side-effects: the formation of glomeruli (neurofibrillary), there are plaques (amyloid) observed clinical manifestation of dementia (progressive).

Drug treatment of Alzheimer's disease

During the treatment of patients with Alzheimer's disease experts often prescribe special medications that can significantly facilitate synaptic transmission.

Alzheimer's cure:

• Dosepro (daily dosage should not exceed 10 mg, very often gives a positive effect in the treatment of Alzheimer's disease as vascular and mixed form);
• Reinila (the Galantamine hydrobromide) is assigned for the first 4 weeks twice a day 4 mg, then the dosage increased to 8 mg (significantly increases the concentration of attention);
• Exelonm (rivastigmine), to take this drug must first 4 weeks twice a day on 1.5 mg, then the dose should be increased to 3 mg;
• Neiromidin (epigastrium), is appointed for life twice a day 10-40 mg (dosage will be established individually for each patient);
• The memantine (Nocerina), etc.

Medication Memantine is often prescribed for epilepsy, as it significantly reduces the effects of glutamate and contributes to the survival acetylcholinergic neurons.

This drug is initially assigned 1 time per day 5 mg, then the dosage may be increased to 20 mg per day (in two doses). The use of Memantine has a positive effect on all symptoms of dementia (psychotic, cognitive, behavioral, functional impairment), promoting their active regression.

Herbal medicine

In the treatment of Alzheimer's disease experts often resort to herbal medicine, the effect of which are visible ondocumentno stage. Patients assigned to the herbal remedies, which consists of a special component – the leaves of Ginkgo biloba. This tree was given this name by the famous doctor from Holland, who in the late 17th century he moved to permanent residence in Japan.

In Japanese "ginkgo"means"silver fruit". Because on this tree ripen fruit, which has a silvery hue, it was an appropriate name. Ginkgo biloba is distinguished from other plants resistance to any negative effects, so it could, unlike other Japanese green spaces, to survive during the accident at the Nuclear power Plant "Fukushima-1".

To date the medical industry relies heavily on drugs, which are components of Ginkgo biloba tree: chopped leaves, shredded bark, etc. Studies conducted by scientists from different countries showed that the full therapeutic effects on the human body can only be achieved through the adoption of a standardized extract of this plant. Obtained by processing the leaves of the Ginkgo biloba extract contained in the preparation Amoplant. This drug has the following pharmacological properties: improve memory, increase concentration, inhibition of platelet aggregation, stimulation of peripheral and cerebral blood circulation, reduce age-related deficiency of neurotransmitters, etc.

In Russian pharmacies Megaplant is implemented in the following dosages (the contents of Ginkgo biloba extract): 40 mg, 80 mg, 120 mg. Specialist for each individual patient picks up the daily dose, which is received by the course (not longer than 3 months).

Interesting information: Dr. Michael Greger of medicine based on years of experience and research says that the treatment of Alzheimer's disease by using medicinal herbs is as effective as special products used for the treatment of this disease.

Topic: Treatment of Alzheimer's disease folk remedies

Non-pharmacological methods

During the passage of patients with Alzheimer's disease neuropsychological rehabilitation specialists can use any modern techniques:

• Mnemonic techniques (helps patients develop memory, with the result that they have improved memorization);
• Mediating techniques;
• Recording system information, etc.

Any of the involved techniques can benefit the patient, when used on stagelight of dementia. The same effect can be obtained with the implementation of the rehabilitation by means of these methods, while patients in the stage of moderate cognitive disorders.

This category of patients needs special training, are able to regulate their cognitive function. Through such training, patients can learn not only to inhibit spontaneously occurring, they have an extreme reaction, but more quickly switch their attention from one target to another. People with Alzheimer's disease after these trainings gain the ability to plan their actions, as in the near future and the distant future. They are capable of getting the solution of various mathematical problems and serious financial problems.

During rehabilitation specialists seek any means to reduce the load, which in this period is on the impaired memory of patients. For them, special programmes have been developed by which patients begin to understand how you can break the complex task into multiple stages. Patients begin a more active use of verbal regulation in all its actions.

The main tasks of neuropsychological rehabilitation measures include:

• The development of the defective functions;
• The ability to perform the available patient defect;
• The ability to reduce the impact of disease on patient's life.

Rehabilitation of patients with Alzheimer's disease is carried out either in individual sessions or in organized groups which provide emotional support to each other all the participants.

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Homeopathic treatment

If necessary, patients with Alzheimer's disease is assigned to homeopathic treatment. Therapy needs only to find a homeopath who is qualified in this field of medicine. But seriously rely on homeopathy should not be – resorted to it in case of failure of other techniques, and just in order to try all possible options.