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News India Live, Digital Desk: Alzheimer’s Symptoms in Elderly: Forgetting such small things as soon as you cross the age of 60, it starts becoming a part of life. Often we ignore it by calling it “old age” or “age of age”, but it is not normal to forget every time. It is very important to know which habits of forgetting are part of the general change that comes with age and when it can be an early sign of a serious problem, such as dementia or Alzheimer’s.
Forgetting this is ‘normal’ (Normal age):
With aging, the pace of processing our brain knowledge becomes a bit slow. This is absolutely normal. If this happens to you, it is not a matter of concern:
- Sometimes forget the name: Forget the name of someone who does not meet you daily, but remember later.
- Forget to keep things: Forgetting things like glasses, keys or phones somewhere, but remember or get a little attempt.
- Stuck with words: During the conversation, do not remember any correct word completely, but after a while that word comes to mind automatically.[
- क्या करने आए थे, भूल जाना: किसी कमरे में जाने का मकसद भूल जाना, लेकिन वापस अपनी जगह पर जाने पर याद आ जाना.
- कभी-कभार अपॉइंटमेंट भूल जाना: कोई अपॉइंटमेंट या तारीख भूल जाना, पर याद दिलाने पर पूरी बात समझ जाना.
ये हैं ‘खतरे की घंटी’ (Warning Signs):
अगर भूलने की आदत आपके या आपके किसी प्रियजन के रोजमर्रा के जीवन को प्रभावित करने लगे, तो यह सामान्य नहीं है.इन लक्षणों पर तुरंत ध्यान दें:
- हाल की बातें पूरी तरह भूल जाना: सुबह नाश्ते में क्या खाया था या कुछ घंटे पहले हुई पूरी बातचीत ही याद न रहना.[4] This is a major sign of short-term memory loss.
- Ask the same question again and again: Ask the same information or question again and again in a few minutes, because they do not remember that they have asked this before.
- Difficult to do everyday work: Easy to make easy tasks like making tea, using TV remotes or counting money
- Wandering in the paths: Forget the way to the well-known paths or markets around your house.
- Difficulty in decision making: What to wear, what to buy, or to be very confused in making small decisions like keeping money accounts
- Personality change: A person who was first social, suddenly becomes silent or irritable. Closure to meet people.
- Keeping things in the wrong place: Put the glasses in the fridge or in the sugar box and then do not remember that they did so.
When should the doctor go?
It is important to remember that no conclusion can be reached only on the basis of a symptom. But if you see many of the symptoms of the above symptoms of the above ‘alarm bells’ and are increasing over time, then do not ignore it at all, it is necessary to seek advice from a good neurologist or doctor immediately.
In the initial stages, correct examination and treatment can slow down the speed of diseases like dementia or Alzheimer’s and improve the quality of the patient’s life. Understanding the changes with age and recognizing serious signs, both are essential for a healthy and conscious life.