With age come various health complications. Some of these are physiological and evident while others are more to do with the brain and are often confused with a mental disorder. Dementia is one such condition that is widely misunderstood to be a medical disorder, whereas, in reality, it is a collective term used to describe the gradual loss of certain mental functions.
Dementia exhibits several symptoms, mainly loss of memory, along with a host of other symptoms as well.
Symptoms of dementia
Dementia mainly affects the cognitive functioning ability of the brain, which controls the emotional behaviour, including personality, memory, perception, analysis and judgment functions.
The common symptoms of dementia include:
- Loss of memory
- Problem in communication, performing complex tasks, planning, organising, motor and co-ordination function
- Orientation problems
- Unreasonableness
- Paranoia
- Agitation
- Personality changes
Causes of dementia
Dementia is known to develop as a result of an injury to the brain cells which affects inter-neural communication. This leads to problems in behaviour and perception.
There are several types of dementia:
- Cortical dementia – This develops when the cortex (outer layer) of the brain is affected.
- Sub-cortical dementia – This affects the lower layer of the cortex.
- Progressive dementia – This type of dementia gradually worsens with time and affects cognitive
abilities. - Primary dementia – This develops with ageing in most cases.
- Secondary dementia – This is caused due to a traumatic injury to the brain.
Alzheimer’s disease, Lewy body dementia, and vascular dementia are the known causes of progressive dementia. Apart from these other types of dementia are also caused by Huntington’s disease, serious brain injury, Parkinson’s disease and multiple sclerosis.
Treating dementia with stem cell treatment methods
Correcting dementia with stem cell treatment methods is one of the widely known forms of treatment for this condition. Stem cell therapy has been hailed as an ultra-modern method of treatment for various diseases and disorders that were previously thought to be untreatable.
Stem cell therapy mainly works to regenerate and renew the damaged or injured cells in the body. Stem cell treatment for dementia involves regenerating new cells to replace the damaged brain cells which are the main cause of this condition. The mesenchymal cells in the bone marrow are successfully stimulated to work in co-ordination with the brain cells and help improve the functioning of the brain. NeuroGen Brain and Spine Institute provides highly efficient and promising Stem cell treatment for dementia.
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