Take the phone to find the phone; I can't remember what to say when I say it; I walk to the refrigerator and forget what to take; I forget where to put my glasses off; I just said what I wanted to do yesterday, and I got up today and forgot everything...
This kind of forgetfulness should appear in many people's lives, especially for the middle-aged and elderly population, the decline in memory will also bring a kind of panic, worried about whether they have Alzheimer's disease? Is that really the case?
First, memory loss ≠ Alzheimer's disease
In fact, with the increase of age, memory decline is inevitable, but it does not mean that it is Alzheimer's disease, it may also be just a normal physiological process. What's more, in addition to aging, factors such as excessive stress, lack of sleep, lack of exercise, bad mood, and alcoholism can cause memory loss.
1. The difference between forgetfulness and dementia
(1) Forgetful people only forget a certain part of things, generally reminded by people; while Senile dementia forgets the whole thing that happened, even after repeated reminders, it cannot be recalled.
(2) The ability of forgetful people remains stable for a long time, and daily life can take care of themselves; elderly patients with dementia will not only have worse and worse memory, but also gradually lose their ability to take care of themselves in life, and will also have a sense of social fear.
(3) Forgetful people are more emotionally stable; while elderly dementia patients will become particularly sensitive and suspicious, or become more and more irritable.
2. Signals of Alzheimer's disease
(1) Gradually lost in time and place
For example, I don't know what year, month, and day today is, I don't know where I am, I can't find a home when I leave home, and so on.
(2) Language barrier
The light ones are repetitive in their speeches; the heavy ones answer questions that are not what they ask, or they often talk to themselves, or they are silent and silent, and they lose the ability to read.
(3) Can not complete the familiar work
Familiar household chores cannot be completed every day, and sometimes even washing your face, brushing your teeth, and getting dressed correctly can't even be done.
(4) Escape from social activities
Drifting away from past hobbies, social activities, work projects, or sports, and having no interest in making new friends.
(5) Mood and personality changes
It is easy to have mood swings and become confused, suspicious, depressed, fearful or anxious. Sentenced to two people compared to before the onset of illness.
(6) Impaired computing ability
Simple addition and subtraction calculations cannot be performed, payments and change seem helpless, etc.
3. Self-testing of alzheimer's risk
Experiment with painting clocks
Take a blank piece of paper and a pen, draw a clock dial on the paper, mark the digital scale, and then mark the hour and minute hands at 8:20.
I can draw a closed dial, all 12 numbers are correct and there is no omission, the position of the numbers is correct, the minute hand and hour hand are correctly positioned, and 1 point is counted each.
The fewer the scores, the more severe the cognitive impairment and the need to be vigilant against the risk of dementia. It is recommended to go to the hospital in time for a brain CT or MRI imaging test.
Second, the risk factors that induce dementia
The human brain ages from the age of 25, everyone may suffer from cognitive dysfunction in old age, and the incidence of women is 1.5-3 times higher than that of men! The older the age, the higher the incidence; about 6.6% of the elderly over the age of 65; and 1 in every 4 people over the age of 85 have the disease.
According to the data, about 50 million people worldwide currently have dementia, and it is expected that by 2050, the number of people with Alzheimer's disease will increase to 152 million! Avoiding the risk factors that induce Alzheimer's disease is an important measure to prevent Alzheimer's disease!
1. Obesity
Recently, a study of more than 17,000 people published in the Journal of Alzheimer's Disease showed that obesity reduces blood flow in all areas of the brain, increasing the risk of Alzheimer's disease.
The obese inflammatory factors in the body of obese people will damage various cells in the body, including brain cells; coupled with obesity, it is easy to harm the human cardiovascular and cerebrovascular and endocrine systems, resulting in insufficient blood supply to the brain, which further increases the risk of dementia.
It is recommended to exercise actively, eat a reasonable diet, and control your weight within the normal range.
2. Long-term mental tension
Long-term insomnia, anxiety, depression, stress, mental tension, etc., are easy to make people into a state of stress, a large number of secretion of adrenaline, and enhance the activity of γ- secretion enzymes, thereby promoting the production and accumulation of harmful substances in the brain such as β- amyloid, increasing the incidence of Alzheimer's disease.
3. Hearing impairment
Multiple studies have shown that Alzheimer's disease is associated with hearing loss, as hearing loss may reduce cognitive stimulation, which leads to cognitive decline and eventually induce Alzheimer's disease, while active wearing of hearing aids may reduce the risk of developing dementia.
4, do not eat staple foods, or eat too many foods containing additives
Because the brain cannot store glycogen itself, the need for glucose and nutrients is more frequent. Long-term non-eating of staple foods such as rice and noodles will cause neurons to continue to be in a state of low glucose metabolism, slow brain activity, and slower human response, thereby increasing the possibility of Alzheimer's disease.
Like some alum that makes fritters, baking powder for making pastries, etc., there may be some heavy metal elements, and frequent excessive intake will seriously affect brain health. Therefore, this type of food is recommended to eat less as well, eating up to once or twice a week.
5. Cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases
Cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases such as hypertension, diabetes, heart failure, and atrial fibrillation will cause patients' heart or vascular health to be harmed to varying degrees, which in turn will affect the blood supply to the brain.
If the brain is not supplied with blood for a long time, it will cause cerebral ischemia and hypoxia, accelerate the death of brain cells, slow down the ability to think and respond, and thus be susceptible to Alzheimer's disease.
6. Intestinal damage
The gut is called the "second brain" and is closely related to the brain. On the one hand, 95% and 50% of the two neurotransmitters in the brain that transmit signals, serotonin and dopamine, are produced in the intestine, respectively. If the intestines are damaged, the production of these two neurotransmitters is insufficient, which can lead to stressful brain disease and accelerate brain aging.
On the other hand, there is a connection between the intestine and the brain, called the "intestinal brain axis", if there is a lesion in the intestine, it can break through the blood-brain barrier through the vagus nerve, damaging the brain and causing brain diseases.
Third, will eat + can move, delay brain aging
1. Supplement nutrients
(1) Acetylcholine
Acetylcholine is a very important neurotransmitter that promotes nerve conduction in the brain and enhances brain memory.
The exogenous choline required by the human body is 90% provided by lecithin, which can not only regulate the content of cholesterol in the human body, effectively reduce the incidence of cholesterol, hyperlipidemia and coronary heart disease; also improve the degree of activation of brain cells, improve memory and intelligence.
Egg yolk, soybeans, animal liver, etc. are rich in lecithin, which can promote the synthesis of acetylcholine in the human body.
In addition, neural acid is the core natural component of brain nerve fibers and nerve cells, and it is also recognized by world scientists as the only "double-acting miracle substance" that can repair and dredge the nerve fibers of damaged brain nerve pathways and promote the regeneration of nerve cells.
After the elderly take in neural acid, such as: Yuanbao maple, garlic fruit, etc., the brain white matter is replenished in time, which can improve the vitality of brain cells, help improve Alzheimer's disease and Senile amnesia, and promote the recovery of brain fatigue. Supplement as needed.
(2) Cinnamon
Our liver converts the cinnamaldehyde in cinnamon into sodium benzoate, which, when it enters the brain, prevents the loss of proteins that protect cells and helps restore normal neurotransmitter levels and improve motor function. And this substance is already approved for the treatment of neurological disorders.
When cooking, add 1 teaspoon of cinnamon powder or dried cinnamon. Usually, you can also use cinnamon to boil fruit tea to drink.
2. Practice your brain diligently in small actions
(1) One hand eight characters, the other hand dragon claw, archery action back and forth.
(2) The thumb is against the root of the ring finger, and the four fingers are naturally curled and firmly clenched, and the movement of raising the hand and lifting the heel is done.
(3) With one hand in a fist, clap the foot three miles below the knee, and the other hand is the palm, and pat the Yinling Spring Cave on the inside of the knee; when changing sides, the hand should also change posture.
3. Kidney replenishment and peace of mind
Chinese medicine believes that the brain is the sea of marrow, the main bone of the kidney is marrow, and the emptiness of the sea of marrow is largely due to kidney deficiency; and phlegm or blood stasis blocks the heart, which can easily lead to poor heart problems. Therefore, brain recession is related to the kidneys and the heart.
Anti-aging formula for the brain
Herbs: 3 grams of wild leeks, 3 grams of ginseng, 5 grams of poria, 2 grams of Yuanzhi.
Ginseng tonifies vitality and peace of mind; wild leeks are paired with ginseng, which can not only make up for weakness, but also dispel phlegm and happiness; Poria spleen, tranquility, and water; Yuanzhi can expectorant and calm the spirit.
When forgetfulness occurs, you can drink this tea every day to calm the mind and slow down the aging of the brain.