Can You DelayAlzheimer’s?

Alzheimer’s disease is a complicated neurological disease that is characterized by amyloid plaques and neurofibrillary tangles in the patient’s brain. It mostly but not exclusively affects older generations. Although Alzheimer’s is often called dementia, it’s a misnomer. Dementia is one of last stage cluster symptoms of Alzheimer’s where the patient has lost a large portion of his/her cognitive faculties and personality traits. Dementia can also be brought on by almost every other neurodegenerative disease, so it should not be used synonymously with Alzheimer’s.

There are several warning signs of Alzheimer’s, which predate dementia by years or even decades. In this post, we will go through some of the most common warning signs of Alzheimer’s, as well as the most effective methods to delay and manage it. The following discussion should help us take the necessary actions for delaying the disease’s progress and creating a management plan in advance.

Detecting the Warning Signs

As mentioned, there are warning signs of Alzheimer’sthat everyone should be aware of. If neurologists are given a chance to treat the disease at its earliest stage, it is possible to slow down the ensuing neurodegeneration quite significantly. As for the symptoms themselves, let’s discuss the most important ones next.

Increasing Forgetfulness

If someone close to you seems to have become more forgetful than usual, do not treat it as a simple sign of aging. People do lose some of their cognitive abilities with age, but it is never rapid without a due cause. Misplacing items is a common symptom to be wary of.

Loss of intellectual Interests

Loss of intellectual interests is usually harder to detect for someone who isn’t close to the person, so a family member can be the best judge in this case. If the senior in question has lost interest in hobbies that they used to like, it could be seen as a sign. These could be anything from carpentry anddrawing to playing chess, solving crossword puzzles, and even just reading books.

Delaying Alzheimer’s

It is possible to delay the onset and/or worsening of Alzheimer’s with medication, a healthy diet, regular physical exercise,and activities that challenge our cognition.Anything that makes the person think and use their problem-solving skills can help, but the following are known to be particularly effective:

• Eating a diet rich infreshfruits, vegetables, eggs, fatty fish, whole grains, nuts, legumes, chicken, and dairy (cheese, milk,)
• Drinking small quantities of red wine.
• Learning a new language.
• Learning how to play a new musical instrument.
• Solving puzzles, playingmemory games, and creative engagements (art, craft, etc.).
• Regular physical exercise, with increased focus on resistive training.
• Engaging in conversations and interacting in public environments (a walk in the park or an assisted subway trip).

Despite the preventive measures, it should be noted that once the disease has been detected, he/she should never be left to live alone and unattended. A facility like Belmont Village will have assisted living facilities for seniors with Alzheimer’s. They usually offerphysical fitness, brain fitness, and memory care programs designed by medical experts to counter the onset of not just Alzheimer’s but neurodegeneration in general.

Alzheimer’s is a lethal disease,and it is incurable at this point of time. However, everything we discussed here are proven to be highly effective in delaying the condition’s progress.These steps will also mitigate the patient’s chances of suffering from the associated health hazards such as depression, social isolation, getting lost, accidents, and more. Detecting the earliest symptoms of Alzheimer’s can not only lengthen the patient’s life, but it also enables us to make that lengthened life much better than it would be otherwise.