A drastic decrease in thinking or cognitive ability in individuals, due to limited or complete stoppage of the oxygenated blood supply to the various parts of the brain, is the cause of dementia. This sudden change occurs because of an injury or when the blood vessels, that carry fresh blood have clots or leaky veins.
Cognitive difficulties owing to dementia worsen with time, leading to extensive damage to the brain cells. The damage occurs in cells that store and retrieve information. Thus, dementia causes complete or incomplete memory loss with common symptoms which include:
- Difficulty in remembering things
- Trouble speaking or understanding what is being said
- Confusion
- Trouble writing or when communicating with others
- Trouble showing interest in hobbies and other activities
- Fluctuation in mood and personality
If the above symptoms are detected in individuals, it is prudent to visit a physician. Receiving timely intervention for dementia is an important step towards a quick recovery.
Causes of Dementia
Dementia occurs because of the damage to the areas of the brain that deliver behavioural and the thinking capacity. This delays the ability of the brain to communicate normally. If not treated, the damage worsens over time.
Some of the incidents that cause dementia are:
- Traumatic brain injury
- Multiple sclerosis
- Excessive consumption of drugs and alcohol
- Nutritional insufficiency
- Side effects to certain medicines
- Immune disorder
- Parkinson’s disease
Sometimes, certain changes in the structure of the blood vessels destroy the brain tissue. The accumulation of plaque in them stops the fresh oxygen-rich blood supply to the brain tissue leading to gradual cell death. At times, these blood vessels also rupture spilling blood in the brain and forming clots that deprive the brain of the essential supply of blood. These lead to changes in blood circulation causing dementia with sudden memory loss, disrupting the individual’s daily life.
With dementia cell treatment an individual’s cognitive or thinking capacity show great improvement.
Treating Dementia
Treatment for dementia cannot provide a complete cure or reverse the symptoms. Still for dementia cell treatment can easily slow down and halt further progression of cell deterioration. Thus, cell treatment is the only available option provided by the neurosurgeons at NeuroGen BSI hospital to treat dementia. They harness the properties of bone marrow-derived stem cells to repair the damaged cells. These autologous stem cells can differentiate into their host stem type and multiply continuously to replace the dead cells. The new cells support cell survival and help in restoring the lost functionalities of the cells. They also help in controlling the risk factors that create the possibility of further harm to the blood vessels.
At NeuroGen BSI hospital the neurosurgeons are efficient in treating various neurological disorders, including dementia, with autologous stem cells and confirms treating 15 dementia patients with cell treatment.
Thus, cell treatment for dementia prevents the worsening of the blood vessel by treating the underlying changes of the blood flow to the brain.
