Other names: reduce intelligence, intellectual deterioration and cognitive functions
Mental retardation is a condition where there is no full development of intelligence and cognitive function. Usually occurs within two years of life. If the reduction of these functions throughout life, we talk about dementia. Dementia has many causes, it is customary for older patients, but can occur at almost any time.
The basic symptoms of deterioration of intellectual and cognitive functions include: memory impairment and other disorders for example. Apraxia -neschopnost perform basic tasks: eg. Cook simple meals like. Recognize dementia can sometimes be very difficult. A very obvious example. For a man who suffered severe brain injuries associated with massive bleeding and in severe stroke.
In people over 65 years for dementia in about half of cases of Alzheimer’s disease responsible – neurodegenerative diseases manifested progressive loss of neurons in mozku.What to notice in the elderly? Above all, it is the fault of short-term memory, a memory that stores fresh information.
Furthermore, it is the fault of abstract and logical thinking. Previously, human easy task, it now becomes the task unsolvable. Human a difficult decision, appearing fault orientation in space. The patient loses at previously known locations. Apathetic, depressive, has problems with speech, did not recognize their loved ones, etc.
Vascular dementia etiology has over Alzheimer fast onset, usually also have at least one myocardial stroke history like. There are many other dementias: alcohol, posttraumatic etc.
Dementia is essentially an incurable disease, although its symptoms can alleviate. In the slowly progressing dementia Symptoms develop very slowly and quietly, a sick person can issue at least initially aware of the development of dementia lose perspective on the disease. In case of suspicion of the disease it is necessary to visit a doctor, although with post-traumatic dementia onset immediately after the accident, therefore, no longer any influence.
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