What are the symptoms of dementia

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The elderly at home have been suffering from dementia for many years. They often run around on their own. They can't even take care of themselves, and their memory is fading. Maybe many people don't know much about dementia. Now I'll introduce the symptoms of dementia.

What are the symptoms of dementia

First: early symptoms: mild impairment of language function; obvious grade I decline in daily life, especially the loss of memory of recent events; confusion of event concepts; loss of direction in familiar places; lack of initiative and winter; depression or aggressive behavior; loss of interest in daily activities and hobbies in life.

Second: symptoms in the medium term: become more forgetful, especially often forget the recent events and familiar names; can not continue to live independently; can not be engaged in cooking, cleaning or shopping activities alone; began to become very dependent; personal self-care ability decreased, need the help of others, such as toilet, washing and dressing; speaking more and more difficult.

Third: late symptoms: Patients with late dementia are completely dependent on their family members and lose their ability to live. Their memory is severely impaired, and their physical condition is getting worse and worse. They may not be able to eat independently; they can not identify their family members, friends and familiar objects; they have obvious difficulties in language understanding and expression; they can't find a way in their residence, and they have difficulty walking; they are incontinent; they have discomfort in public places The act of acting in a wheelchair or bedridden.

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In fact, the symptoms of dementia are not very obvious, and it is difficult for patients to detect them, because it has lost its original consciousness at this time, so basically it depends on the family members to find out the disease, but we don't have to worry too much.