Dementia

Dementia

Dementia is a general term for loss of memory,thinking and social abilities, severe enough to interfere with your daily routine, language, problem-solving and other thinking abilities that are severe enough to interfere with daily life. Alzheimer’s is the most common cause of dementia.

Symptoms:

Dementia symptoms vary depending on the cause, but common signs and symptoms include:

Cognitive changes:

• Memory loss, which is usually noticed by someone else
• Difficulty communicating or finding words
• Difficulty with visual and spatial abilities, such as getting lost while driving
• Difficulty reasoning or problem-solving
• Difficulty handling complex tasks
• Difficulty with planning and organizing
• Confusion and disorientation

Psychological changes:

• Personality changes
• Depression
• Anxiety
• Inappropriate behavior
• Paranoia
• Agitation
• Hallucinations

Causes:

Dementia is caused by damage to or loss of nerve cells and their connections in the brain. Depending on the area of the brain that’s damaged, dementia can affect people differently and cause different symptoms.

Types of dementias that progress and aren’t reversible include:

• Alzheimer’s disease:
  This is the most common cause of dementia.
• Vascular dementia:
  This type of dementia is caused by damage to the vessels that supply blood to your brain.
• Lewy body dementia:
  This is one of the more common types of progressive dementia. Common signs and symptoms include acting out one’s dreams in sleep, seeing things that aren’t there (visual hallucinations), and problems with focus and attention.
• Frontotemporal dementia:
  This is a group of diseases characterized by the breakdown of nerve cells and their connections in the frontal and temporal lobes of the brain. Common symptoms affect behavior, personality, thinking, judgment, and language and movement.
• Mixed dementia:
  Autopsy studies of the brains of people 80 and older who had dementia indicate that many had a combination of several causes, such as Alzheimer’s disease, vascular dementia and Lewy body dementia.

Homeopathic Invention

As per latest research the Biological conflict related to dementia is separation conflict, experienced as a loss of (physical) contact; also, wanting to separate someone.

The concurrence of memory problems and hyperactivity indicates two coinciding constellations: one is related to separation conflicts, the other to conflicts of feeling stuck. Often, the learning difficulties start after the separation from one of the parents or from both, after a move or a change of school involving a separation from schoolmates and friends, after a new sibling was born who gets more attention, after the mother goes back to work, or when the parents constantly argue or are too busy to spend time with their child.

Homeopathy Approach

Homoeopathic medicines are found to be effective for memory loss, cure the condition without any side effects. It helps in regaining confidence which is usually the case in dementia. It improves the quality of life.