Symptoms of menopause and Alzheimer's disease syndrome

Alzheimer's disease is actually a primary degenerative brain disease with unknown etiology, but its onset is hidden, and we do not have much understanding and knowledge about it in a short period of time. It will only cause death within a few years after the onset of the disease. Therefore, such a disease is a serious threat to people's health. Let us now understand the symptoms of menopause and Alzheimer's syndrome.

In fact, in life we ​​often find ourselves experiencing various phenomena, and sometimes we don’t pay too much attention to them. This behavior will only make some hidden diseases more serious. Therefore, for the sake of our health, some abnormal situations in daily life cannot be ignored.

1. Patients with memory impairment often have a hidden onset of the disease, which is easily ignored by patients and their families in the early stages. The main manifestations are gradual onset of memory impairment, inability to remember what happened that day, not remembering what has just been done or said, not remembering familiar names, forgetting appointments, forgetting where valuables are placed, and reduced vocabulary. Frequent amnesia in the early stages mainly manifests as damage to short-term memory, followed by damage to long-term memory, which affects daily life.

2. Cognitive impairment is a characteristic clinical manifestation of AD. Cognitive function is composed of sensation, perception, thinking, attention, and memory activities. Intelligence is a complex and comprehensive function of mental activity, which is closely related to the four cognitive functions mentioned above. Intelligence can be manifested as understanding, calculation, analysis, creativity, etc. Cognitive functions also include orientation, self-awareness, etc. Cognitive impairment refers to the abnormality of the above functions.

3. The accompanying mental disorders of thinking, mood, behavior, etc. are often the reason why patients seek medical treatment. Mental symptoms include depression, emotional indifference or loss of control, restlessness, excitement and euphoria, etc., decreased initiative, lack of concentration, talking to oneself or talking loudly during the day, fear of being left alone at home; some patients have fragmentary delusions, hallucinations and aggressive tendencies, etc. Some suspect that their elderly spouse is having an affair; delusions and strange behaviors, such as suspecting that their children have stolen his money and belongings, and hiding worthless things as treasures; they may ignore eating or eat too much; most patients have insomnia or nocturnal delirium.

In fact, this disease mainly occurs in the elderly, and is generally manifested as memory loss, cognitive impairment, uncontrolled limb coordination, dementia or mental disorders, etc. Therefore, when we encounter these situations, we must not take it lightly. This may be the most obvious manifestation of Alzheimer's disease.