Loosing Memory! Find
out the possible cause.
I
often found my grandmother struggling to recognize people she is friend with.
Most of the times forget things in her daily life. Everyone occasionally
experience forgetfulness. In fact I lose many things at times because of
absence of mind. While mild memory loss tends to increase with age and is
generally no cause for concern. But sometimes regular Memory Loss can be due to
serious illness. As you age, you may find that you have memory lapses from time
to time. This is natural if you forget the name of something you just came
across, or you may misplace things more often. While memory loss from normal
ageing doesn’t affect your ability to function but if this is being
progressive, you have to think once again about your health!
In
general, there are factors which can cause memory loss like vitamin
B-deficiency, sleep deprivation, use of alcohol or drugs, anesthesia from
recent surgery, cancer treatments such as chemotherapy, radiation, or bone
marrow transplant, head injury, and brain surgery etc. While some of these
conditions are treatable and memory loss can be reversed but there are few
conditions which are hard to cure like dementia and Alzheimer’s disease.
Furthermore, progressive memory loss is a symptom of
dementia. Symptoms like difficulty with reasoning, judgment, language, and
thinking skills are common in patients affected with dementia. People with
dementia can also exhibit behavioral problems and mood swings. Dementia usually
starts gradually and gets more noticeable as it progresses. It can be caused by
a variety of diseases, the most common of which is Alzheimer’s disease which
impairs memory and affects reasoning, judgment, the ability to learn,
communicate, and perform everyday functions. People with Alzheimer’s disease
can quickly become confused and disoriented. Long-term memories are usually
stronger and last longer than memories of recent events. Although it can strike
earlier, this progressive disease generally affects people over age 65.It is
advised to consult a doctor if memory loss is interfering with your daily
activities, threatening your safety, progressing, or accompanied by other
physical symptoms. If left untreated memory loss can lead to a variety of
diseases and severe conditions.
Currently, there is no cure for Alzheimer's. But drug and
non-drug treatments may help with both cognitive and behavioral symptoms.
Conventionally only supportive treatments were present to temporarily relieve
the pain or the symptoms, additionally there are many support services
available for the effective management of some activities and programs such as
day care services or nursing programs. Although the damage in terms of death of
neurons cannot be halted or reversed with these treatment approaches till the
discovery of stem cells.
The
stem cell therapy approach mainly focuses on delivering the sufficient number
of Adult Autologous Stem Cells which will travel into multiple areas of the
brain where the damage has occurred. These transplanted stem cells are
potential to transform into new brain cells which are needed for the
replacement of damaged cells. They also help in creating a micro environment
that will secret some of the enzymes required for making connections to replace
lost parts of the complex network.
Advancells
“a pioneer in stem cell therapy” have been successfully treating patients with
neurodegenerative disorders using autologous stem cells. They are providing
very comprehensive, individualized treatment pattern which is best suited for
the patients undergoing dementia/Alzheimer's treatment.
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