Do you know the causes and symptoms of brain atrophy?

Brain atrophy is a serious disease that can endanger life in severe cases and is more common among the elderly. Most of the symptoms of cerebral atrophy include a significant decrease in judgment, extremely decreased thinking and summarizing abilities, unreasonable loss of things, abnormal changes in emotions and behaviors, and significant changes in personality. Therefore, when these symptoms are found in the elderly at home, timely treatment should be sought.

1. What is brain atrophy in the elderly?

Brain atrophy in the elderly refers to a type of neuropsychiatric disease caused by organic lesions in the brain tissue itself due to various reasons, resulting in atrophy. It is more common in the elderly. The most important clinical symptom of brain atrophy in the elderly is dementia, and the elderly are prone to Alzheimer's disease.

The treatment of cerebral atrophy should be started as early as possible. The main cause of cerebral atrophy is ischemia and hypoxia caused by long-term insufficient blood supply to the brain tissue. The late manifestations of cerebral atrophy can easily lead to dementia, so special attention is still needed. Improve brain blood circulation and promote recovery of body functions.

2. Five major symptoms of brain atrophy in the elderly

1. Judgment ability is significantly impaired.

When people are so absorbed in an activity, they may temporarily forget about other things, such as paying attention to their children, but they will remember it later. Patients with senile cerebral atrophy will completely forget the children they are taking care of, go out alone for a long time, and forget that their children need care.

2. The ability to think and summarize is extremely reduced.

People who can normally handle numerical problems may sometimes be at a loss as to how to solve a problem because it is too complicated, but they will generally be able to find a solution that works. Patients with senile cerebral atrophy not only forget numbers, but also forget how to use these numbers.

3. Losing things unreasonably.

Anyone can misplace a watch or wallet, but you’ll eventually find it where you might have left it. But patients with senile cerebral atrophy will put things in unreasonable places, such as putting an electric iron in the refrigerator and a watch in the sugar bowl, and they will never find them.

4. Abnormal changes in emotions and behaviors.

Everyone has bad tempers and low moods sometimes. But patients with senile cerebral atrophy can go from extreme joy to extreme sorrow and then anger within a few minutes without any reason. Get angry, and finally calm down. Or showing joy when you should be sad.

5. Significant changes in personality.

People's personalities change at different ages, but the changes will not be very obvious. Patients with senile cerebral atrophy will experience significant personality changes. For example, they may have been gentle and cheerful before, but now they may become irritable, suspicious, or have inexplicable fears.