Alzheimer’s Diseases :
Alzheimer’s disease is a brain disorder that slowly destroys memory and thinking skills. It is the common form of dementia, a general term for memory loss and other cognitive abilities, which interfere with daily routines. Alzheimer’s disease starts at the age of 60, condition gets severe when people get older. Alzheimer’s disease first involves parts of the brain that controls thoughts, memory and language. Risk factors for Alzheimer’s disease include genetic factors, head injuries, depression and hypertension. People with Alzheimer’s disease may have problem remembering recent happenings, names of people. As condition gets severe with aging and people may not recognise family members, they may have trouble reading, writing, speaking and forget their routine duties.
There are 7 stages of Alzheimer’s disease, they are
Stage 1- In early stage people may not have any symptoms of disease, they behave normally.
Stage 2- In these stage very mild changes may take place like forgetting or misplacing an object.
Stage 3- In this stage family can notice mild changes in behaviour like forgetting what he read, asks same question repeatedly and can’t remember the names of new people.
Stage 4- In this stage people face problems in thinking and reasoning.
Stage 5- In this stage they have problem in remembering their address and phone number.
Stage 6- In this stage severe change can be seen like they may remember the face, but forgets their names, mistakes one person for another.
Stage 7- In this stage people will no longer recognise or remember anything like their daily duties like eating, drinking and walking.
Causes of Alzheimer’s Disease :
Common causes of Alzheimer’s are
Aging- The risk of Alzheimer’s increases as people gets older. People with age above 65 may get affected.
Genetics- This disease pass through genetics. If any person in the family has this disease others are also at high risk of this disease.
Down syndrome- People with down syndrome develops Alzheimer’s, because people with down syndrome have high chromosome, that helps in generating harmful amyloid.
Head injury- Head injuries in early ages can develop Alzheimer’s in later stages.
Health, environmental and lifestyle factors like depression, high cholesterol level, high BP, and different hypothesis can also cause Alzheimer’s disease.
Symptoms of Alzheimer’s Disease :
The basic and common symptom of Alzheimer’s is memory loss. Along with memory loss some other symptoms are
- Memory loss
- Difficulty in planning
- Confusion with time or place
- Problem with writing, reading and understanding
- Difficulty in completing the similar tasks
- Poor judgement
- Misplacing things
- Problem understanding the images and special relationships
- Changes in mood and personality.
Homeopathy for Alzheimer’s Disease :
Homeopathy for Alzheimer’s disease provides a safe and successful treatment. Homeopathy treatment has no side effects and helps to slow down further progression of disease. Homeopathy treatment focuses on improving the memory of the person, dealing with depression and emotional imbalance. Treatment is given based on the symptoms and physical examination.