September 21: World Day of Alzheimer’s Disease by Gabriel Miranda Nava in SJPBS in Lupinepublishers
Before talking about Alzheimer’s disease, we must understand
the concept of dementia, which is conceptualized as the progressive
loss of cognitive functions due to brain damage or disorders.
Characteristically, this cognitive alteration causes inability
to perform the activities of daily life mainly seen in memory,
calculation, way of relating and living together, as well as in decision
making. Many times, dementia is caused by other types of ailments,
such as brain tumors, hydrocephalus, multiple cerebral infarcts,
metabolic diseases such as hypothyroidism, chronic infections; or
it can also be simulated by anxiety and chronic depression.
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