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Dementia Symptoms

October 12, 2011 By Leave a Comment

Dementia Symptoms

Article by Rockwell Fitness









EARLY DEMENTIA SYMPTOMS

People with early dementia has symptoms like, they easily tend to forget easily. When they are talking the conversation is repeated every now and then. The daily task is always forgotten easily. People with early dementia are disoriented and tend to lose things in public and even their personal belongings are not properly organized. Also according to research people with early dementia have mood and personality change like high risk in anxiety, having poor judgment. And people with early symptoms of dementia repeats conversation and even forgot the names of their love ones. Sometimes having symptoms of early dementia is a signal of having another problem and can be treated if early diagnosed.

SENILE DEMENTIA SYMPTOMS

Recognized senile symptoms include poor ability to learn. The patient will be much harder to instruct and cannot follow easy direction. They are also emotionally unstable, this means that emotions are affected because of the condition and they are more sensitive because sometimes it results to poor judgment and thinking that they are being judge also. And as compared to early symptoms in senile dementia the person will have increase confusion. And more attention is needed with persons having senile dementia because they need more assistance to perform daily chores. They are also more aggressive. Mood change also is a symptom of senile dementia like change in mood and tends to be irritable all the time.

VASCULAR DEMENTIA SYMPTOMS

Symptoms of vascular dementia are depression, having difficulty in planning ahead, memory problems, urgency or incontinence (urinary frequency). Symptoms also include a decline in the ability to organize thoughts and actions, and have memory loss for some patients. And having trouble communicating because they tend to forget what they want to say. Also vascular dementia symptoms involve ministrokes or series of strokes. When a blood vessel will be blocked then it will cause a stroke. But not all strokes are cause by vascular dementia; this depends on the severity of the stroke, where the occurred and what part of the brain is affected. That?s why vascular dementia should be on a watchful for people taking care of the patient. Also the symptoms vary depending on the part of the brain affected.



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Research Report on Chinese Anti Senile Dementia Drug Market, 2010-2011

October 6, 2011 By Leave a Comment

Research Report on Chinese Anti Senile Dementia Drug Market, 2010-2011

Article by Hans Tai









www.shcri.com – “According to statistics, the population aged 60 and above in China reached 167.14 million in 2009, accounting for 12.5% of the total population. It rose by 7.25 million (0.5%) compared with that in 2008. In 2009, the population aged above 80 in China reached 18.99 million. The GDP per capita of developed countries with a large aging population is usually USD 5,000-10,000. Among over 70 countries with large aging populations, 36% have the GDP per capita of over USD 10,000. By contrast, the GDP per capita of China was less than USD 4,000 in 2009, which indicates that China has entered the aging society ahead of time.

Source: http://www.shcri.com/reportdetail.asp?id=470

Senile dementia is a common disease among the elderly. Its incidence rate rises continuously in China in recent years. The major symptoms of senile dementia are the drop of ADL (activities of daily living) ability (e.g. unable to dress oneself and pass urine or stools by oneself), special strange behaviors (e.g. auditory hallucination), cognitive disorder (e.g. unable to retain the memory of major events in one’s life and cannot recognize one’s spouse, children and even oneself).

In China, senile dementia is much common in the elderly aged over 65. Senile dementia patients account for 4%-5% in this group of people, 10% in the group aged above 75, and 20% in the group aged above 85. It suggests that the incidence rate of senile dementia will increase by one-fold if the age of the elderly rises by 10 years.

According to conservative estimation, the number of senile dementia patients (including Alzheimer’s disease as well as vascular dementia, mixed dementia and the senile dementia caused by systemic diseases) totaled 6-8 million, of which less than a half can receive effective treatment.

Cognitive process involves activities like being aware, learning and thinking. The cognitive decline occurs in patients with senile dementia and memory damage. The most common ones are patients with Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and vascular dementia (VD). Accordingly, drugs that can improve the cognitive power are generally called nootropics.

There are still many controversies in the nosogenesis and treating method of senile dementia especially AD in the medical circle. Nevertheless, with the advance of the research on the nosogenesis, some progress has been made in the development of drugs. Presently, over ten nootropics developed for the treatment of AD and VD, etc are in the later period of R&D (clinical phase III and the period after that). Five of them are acetylcholinesterase inhibitors under mature research. Other drugs under research have different mechanisms of action. This to some extent reflects that the drug development in this sector is directed towards multi-aspect research aiming at nosogenesis of senile dementia, providing a broader space for the later development of drugs.

In China, misunderstandings over AD exist for a long period. People regard the cognitive decline and memory decrease as normal phenomena of aging. Therefore, for a long period, only brain stimulators (e.g. oxiracetam and piracetam) or antioxidants (e.g. extract of Ginkgo biloba) are adopted for the treatment of AD in China. However, these drugs can only slightly alleviate patient’s conditions, displaying extremely limited curative effect. In recent years, with the entry of hot-selling anti-AD drugs from Europe and North America into China, the curative effect of AD is improved considerably. Accordingly, the AD drug market acquires high growth rate. However, the treatment with these drugs demands high expense and the drugs can only control instead of reverse patient’s conditions. Hence, the application of these drugs is influenced. Existing AD drugs in domestic hospitals have not been widely accepted by patients. Though the market scale of drugs for senile diseases is large in China, the market scale of therapeutic AD drugs is relatively small.

With the improvement of Chinese people’s living standard, common diseases in the elderly gradually catch the close attention of the whole society and accelerate the research and market progress of anti senile dementia drugs. Though Chinese anti senile dementia drug market is in the initial stage, it acquires high growth rate in recent years. In 2009, the scale of Chinese anti senile dementia drug market rose by about 30% YOY to reach CNY 10.40 billion (USD 1.53 billion). It is forecast that this number will maintain the annual growth rate of 20%-30% in recent years.

Through this report, readers can acquire more information:-Status quo of R&D of anti senile dementia drugs in China-Competition in Chinese anti senile dementia drug market-Scale of Chinese anti senile dementia drug market-Major varieties of anti senile dementia drugs in China and processing of the drugs-Operation of major producers of anti senile dementia drugs in China-Prediction on the development of anti senile dementia drugs in China

Following persons are recommended to buy this report:-Producers of anti senile dementia drugs-Medicine agents-Hospitals-Research institutes concerning Chinese anti senile dementia drugs-Others concerning Chinese anti senile dementia drugs”Source: http://www.shcri.com/reportdetail.asp?id=470



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What are the differences between Alzheimer’s Disease and Senile Dementia?

October 2, 2011 By Leave a Comment

What are the differences between Alzheimer’s Disease and Senile Dementia?

Article by Dick Harkes









Senile Dementia Compared to Alzheimer’s Disease

“Is there a difference between (Senile) Dementia and Alzheimer’s Disease?”And if so: “What are those differences?”The symptoms of both of them look very similar.

The word “Dementia” is experienced to be less a loaded word than “Alzheimer’s”. So many physicians tend to prefer “dementia” in stead of “Alzheimer’s”.

Dementia

According to Wikipedia:”Dementia a serious loss of cognitive ability in a previously unimpaired person, beyond what might be expected from normal aging. It may be static, the result of a unique global brain injury, or progressive, resulting in long-term decline due to damage or disease in the body. Although dementia is far more common in the geriatric population, it may occur in any stage of adulthood…………. Into the second half of the 20th century, dementia of the elderly was called senile dementia or senility and viewed as a normal aspect of growing old rather than as being caused by any specific diseases.”

Collective Noun

Dementia is a collective noun, in other words a non-specific illness syndrome (set of signs and symptoms) in which affected areas of cognition may be memory, attention, language, and problem solving.Alzheimer’s Disease:Alzheimer’s Disease is the most common form of Dementia.So: Alzheimer’s Disease and Dementia are two different things.The relationship between dementia and Alzheimer’s is similar to the relationship between a cow and an animal:

A cow is an animal…….ButNot all animals are cowsAlzheimer’s versus Dementia:Alzheimer’s is a form of Dementia…….ButNot all Dementia is Alzheimer’s.

Dementia Is A Collection Of Symptoms

Fever is a symptom, and there are many different affections that can cause fever. When you go to the doctor because you have a fever, most people are not satisfied when the doctor only gives them an aspirin to fight the fever without making a diagnosis of the cause of the fever. You want to know what causes the fever to have a proper treatment of that.

The Collection of Signs and Symptoms Together Called Dementia

As we get older, we all experience a slight slowing down both physically and mentally. Sometimes forgetting something however is totally different from senility. After we have forgotten something there is also a remembering when someone else reminds us. When we talk about senility this remembering is not coming back.

If you are concerned that someone in your family may be suffering from senility (or dementia) – and may be Alzheimer’s – you could look for the next list of instructions:

Family History. Are there occurrences of senility or Alzheimer’s disease in your family? Much research has identified a genetic link. It is said that especially the link between mothers and their suns and daughters is more relevant that the link from the father’s side.Signs of memory loss and language difficulties. Is the person consequently losing words, or doesn’t he or she remember the names of common objects? A one-time not knowing is not really a symptom. The point is that it occurs regularly. Sometimes you also notice him or her forgetting how to do simple mathematics.Confusion and loss of attention span. Slackens the attention of the person during a normal conversation? Is he getting to be confused by basic tasks?Undiagnosed hearing or vision loss. These may cause problem with communication. If they don’t hear and/or see clearly that can lead to great uncertainty. In that cases it looks like they forget even more things than the really do.Inappropriate behavior and impaired judgment. If the person begins to act unbecomingly or considerably uncommon in social situations, this also may be a symptom of dementia.Emotional agitation and mood changes. Many people feel something is happening to them when the are in the early stages of dementia. They can become frightened as well ass depressed by that fear. People in their neighborhood are often the first ones who are victim of the reactions on that fear or depression.Physical coordination problems and physical confusion. People with dementia often have problems in operating the remote control of the TV-set or handling the phone. Even how to do simple learned tasks that have been part of their daily life for many years can become to be problematic.The gait. Do you notice changes in the way he or she is walking? Besides caused by for example Parkinson’s disease many people with dementia show a decline in gait.If you notice a number of these symptoms with your beloved-one you should consult your doctor to have a comprehensive diagnostic survey carried out.

About the Author

Dick Harkes was confronted with Alzheimer’s Disease in the spring of 2010 when his father was diagnosed with this awful ailment. From that moment on he collected all kinds of information about Alzheimer’s Disease. In that way he developed himself an expertise on a variety of aspects on the disease.He likes to share this information with as many people as possible.If you want to learn more about this subject, please visit Alzheimer’s and Dementia .

To get a survey on all collected information, you can start at his homepage: All About Alzheimer’s Disease.










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