JAKARTA, iNews.id – Some people still think that dementia or senility is part of the normal aging process. Yet if allowed to go further, this disease can cause death.
In commemoration of the month Alzheimer in the ninth world, the Alzheimer Indonesia Foundation (ALZI) is back to educating the public about the problem of dementia. Dementia is a symptom of a disease that causes decreased brain function.
While Alzheimer’s dementia is a decline in brain function that affects a person’s emotions, memory, and decision making and is commonly called dementia.
People with Alzheimer’s have decreased brain function, including cognitive function which includes memory, language, visuospatial function and decreased executive function. This disease that can cause death can only be slowed down through drugs, but cannot be completely cured.
Therefore, it is important to immediately carry out early detection of neurologists when discovering symptoms of Alzheimer’s dementia. The following are 10 symptoms of Alzheimer’s dementia, quoted from the ALZI statement, Friday (4/9/2020).
1. Impaired memory
One of the most prominent symptoms is often forgetting things like things that just happened, where to park, to appointments. In addition, people with dementia also tend to repeat the same stories in a conversation.
2. Difficulty focusing
People with dementia usually show symptoms that it is difficult to focus, including everyday tasks such as cooking. Due to difficulty focusing, people with dementia find it difficult to perform simple calculations and take longer than usual to do a job.
3. Difficulty doing familiar activities
Another symptom that people with dementia exhibit is difficulty planning or completing daily tasks, such as confusion about how to drive or manage finances.
Editor : Tuty Ocktaviany
