Dementia is not a disease but a disorder that leads to a severe deterioration of mental capabilities of an individual, resulting in the slowing down of the cognitive and socializing capabilities. It can be largely defined as a group of symptoms that erupt due to related brain disorders. Memory loss is the most common symptom of dementia. However, not all cases of memory loss can be related to dementia. Dementia occurs when multiple functions of the brain are affected where some sense of memory, reasoning, language, judgment and others are not entirely lost.
Symptoms and Causes of Dementia
Complex and restrictive brain functioning of cognitive skills such as emotional behavior, language, memory, perception, thinking and judgment is a symptom of dementia. Other symptoms include memory loss, difficulty in performing complex tasks, planning and organizing, difficulty in communication and other motor functions. Unexpected changes in personality such as inappropriate behavior, paranoia, hallucinations, agitation, orientation problems which results in getting lost and inability to reason.
Damage to brain cells are the main reason for dementia. Correspondence between brain cells are inhibited due to the injury. This prevents the brain to maintain normal cognitive and behavioral interactions. Dementia is of many different types depending on causes and effects.
Medicinal Treatment for Dementia
Alzheimer’s, which is a form of progressive dementia, does not have any form of cure or treatment to stop it from progressing further. However, there are medical treatments that can improve on the symptoms momentarily. Drugs in the category of cholinesterase inhibitors are presently being used to decrease the effects of the symptoms. Non-drug therapies such as physical therapy and occupational therapy are also being used to help patients deal with behavioural changes and daily activities.
Dementia Stem Cell Treatment
Stem cell therapy has the ability to renew and generate new cells which can repair the damage done to the brain cells. This can result in restoration of the lost brain cells offering an option for the treatment of dementia. It has been proved that in Dementia stem cell treatment the cells obtained from the bone marrow can help support the development of new nerve cells as well as making a conducive environment for the new cells to thrive. These cells also work together to improve the reasoning, thinking and memory abilities of patients suffering from dementia through neuro protection, angiogenesis and metabolic activities. The treatment uses Neuro-Rehabilitation and Autologous Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation which can help delay the progression of dementia.
