01/10/2020
**Alzheimer’s disease and It's Homoeopathic Treatment**
Alzheimer’s disease is an irreversible, progressive brain disorder that slowly destroys memory and thinking skills, and eventually the ability to carry out the simplest tasks. In most people with Alzheimer’s, symptoms first appear in their mid-60s. Estimates vary, but experts suggest that more than 5.5 million Americans may have Alzheimer’s.
Alzheimer’s disease is named after Dr. Alois Alzheimer. In 1906, Dr. Alzheimer noticed changes in the brain tissue of a woman who had died of an unusual mental illness. Her symptoms included memory loss, language problems, and unpredictable behavior. After she died, he examined her brain and found many abnormal clumps (now called amyloid plaques) and tangled bundles of fibers (now called neurofibrillary, or tau, tangles).
These plaques and tangles in the brain are still considered some of the main features of Alzheimer’s disease. Another feature is the loss of connections between nerve cells (neurons) in the brain. Neurons transmit messages between different parts of the brain, and from the brain to muscles and organs in the body.
⚛Causes of Alzheimer’s disease:
Alzheimer's disease is thought to be caused by the abnormal build-up of proteins in and around brain cells.
One of the proteins involved is called amyloid, deposits of which form plaques around brain cells.
The other protein is called tau, deposits of which form tangles within brain cells.
Although it's not known exactly what causes this process to begin, scientists now know that it begins many years before symptoms appear.
As brain cells become affected, there's also a decrease in chemical messengers (called neurotransmitters) involved in sending messages, or signals, between brain cells.
Levels of one neurotransmitter, acetylcholine, are particularly low in the brains of people with Alzheimer's disease.
Over time, different areas of the brain shrink. The first areas usually affected are responsible for memories.
In more unusual forms of Alzheimer's disease, different areas of the brain are affected.
The first symptoms may be problems with vision or language rather than memory.
⚛Risk Factor
Family history and genetics
Risk of developing Alzheimer’s appears to be somewhat higher if a first-degree relative parent or sibling has the disease.
Age
Often after 60-65 the incidence approximately double for every 5 year increase in age.
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Women may be more likely than are men to develop Alzheimer’s disease, in part because they live longer.
Mild cognitive impairment
People with mild cognitive impairment have memory problems or other symptoms of cognitive decline that are worse than might be expected for their age, but not severe enough to be diagnosed as dementia.
Past head trauma
People who’ve had a severe head trauma or repeated head trauma appear to have a greater risk of Alzheimer’s disease.
⚛Symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease:
📌Memory
Memory loss is the most common, and usually the presenting complain patient have difficulty learning and retaining new information. Later in the disease, remote memories are also affected.
Memory loss associated with Alzheimer’s disease persists and worsens, affecting the ability to function at work and at home. People with Alzheimer’s may:
Repeat statements and questions over and over, not realizing that they’ve asked the question before
Forget conversations, appointments or events, and not remember them later
Routinely misplace possessions, often putting them in illogical locations
Eventually forget the names of family members and everyday objects
Disorientation and misinterpreting spatial relationships
People with Alzheimer’s disease may lose their sense of what day it is, the season, where they are or even their current life circumstances..
📌Speaking and writing
Those with Alzheimer’s may have trouble finding the right words to identify objects, express thoughts or take part in conversations. Over time, the ability to read and write also declines.
📌Thinking and reasoning
Alzheimer’s disease causes difficulty concentrating and thinking, especially about abstract concepts like numbers. It may be challenging to manage finances, balance checkbooks, and keep track of bills and pay them on time. These difficulties may progress to inability to recognize and deal with numbers.
📌Making judgments and decisions
Responding effectively to everyday problems, such as food burning on the stove or unexpected driving situations, becomes increasingly challenging.
📌 Planning and performing familiar tasks
Once routine activities that require sequential steps, such as planning and cooking a meal or playing a favorite game, become a struggle as the disease progresses. Eventually, people with advanced Alzheimer’s may forget how to perform basic tasks such as dressing and bathing.
⚛Diagnostic criteria for Alzheimer’s disease
Dementia established by clinical examination and documented by mini-mental state examination or other standard screening test.
Deficits in two or more areas of cognition
Progressive worsening of memory and other cognitive functions
No disturbance of consciousness
Onset at 40-90 years
Absence of systemic disorders or other brain diseases that could account for the progressive deficit memory and cognition
⚛ *Homeopathic Medicines for Alzheimer’s disease:*
Well selected Homoeopathic medicines are very effective for the management of Alzheimer’s disease. It will also prevent the further development of the disease. Some of the important remedies are given below.
📌ANACARDIUM ORIENTALE
Anacardium persons are unsociable, shows great irritability and anxiety, angry and depressed, jealous and suspicious. They have profound depression with tendency to use foul , violent language.
📌ALUMINA
Alumina is suitable to elderly people with marked forgetfulness. The memory is weak or completely lost. The person’s consciousness of reality and judgment is disturbed. He is confused as to personal identity. When he sees or states something , he has the feeling as though another person had said or seen or as he was placed in another person and could see only then. He has alternating moods, and shows absent mindedness. He makes mistakes in writing and speaking. Alumina persons suffer from constipation.
📌AURUM METALLICUM
Aurum met is best for Alzheimer’s disease with severe acute depression. There is hopelessness and grief. Disgust of life and thoughts of su***de. The person talks of committing su***de , but great fear of death.
📌BARYTA CARB
Specially indicated in old age. Loss of memory, mental weakness. Irresolute. Lost confidence in himself. Senile dementia. Confusion. Bashful. Aversion to strangers. Childish; grief over trifles.
📌 CALCAREA CARB
Complete lack of development of brain and other organs with forgetfulness. Slowness and inability to acquire knowledge.
📌CANNABIS INDICA
Cannabis Indica is excellent for Alzheimer’s disease with sudden loss of memory .The person is absent –minded, forgetful, cannot finish a sentence . There is sudden loss of speech, begins a sentence but cannot finish it. Sudden loss of thoughts. There is great inability to recall ideas even after exerting the mind to do so. The person shows anxiety, anguish, better in open air. There is misconception of time and space. The person feels that time passes too long, seconds seem ages, a few miles an immense distance .
📌CHEMOMOLLA
Sensitiveness; irritability, peevishness; very easily angered and suffers profoundly as a result thereof.
📌CONIUM
Conium is used to treat the elderly for depression, shyness and fear of being alone. The remedy treats memory loss, as well as relieving the mental confusion and loss of cognitive function that sets in as a result of grief over the loss of a spouse. Conium often helps people regain the ability to concentrate and focus.
📌CURCUMA LONGA
Curcuma longa is considered a specific remedy for Alzheimer’s disease. This action is due to the presence of curcumin in Curcuma longa.
📌GINKGO BILOBA
Ginkgo biloba is considered a specific remedy for Alzheimer’s disease. It is a famous brain tonic that improves cerebral blood flow. It prevents problems with memory, senility and mental dullness. Mentally the person is weak and exhausted. The person has poor concentration. Loss of memory and inability to solve mental task. Absent minded and forgetful.
📌IGNETIA
Extreme mental sensitiveness due to grief, disappointment in love affairs.
KALI PHOSPHORICUM
Kaliphos person have weak nervous system and brain. It is best for Alzheimer’s disease with anxiety and nervousness and depression. The person forgets every thing, great loss of memory. It is a good remedy for brain fag.The person is depressed, gloomy, angry and irritable.There is marked exhaustion and fatigue. Slightest task seems a heavy task.
📌LAC CANINUM
Lac caninum is best for Alzheimer’s disease with severe loss of memory so the person finds difficulty in reading and writing. He is very forgetful while writing, makes a lot of mistakes. When reading anything she rapidly changes the meaning omitting or adding things. Lack of concentration while reading or writing.She is very restless , cannot concentrate her thoughts or mind to read , wants to leave everything as soon as it is commenced. Lac caninum person is highly despondent, thinks her disease is incurable and recovery is impossible.
📌LYCOPODIUM
Great depression of spirits; despondent; worried about his salvation; about being able to perform his duties; about passing in examination, fretful, irritable, morose, very vehement and angry. Constipation, eructations of sour food.
📌MEDORRHINUM
Medorrhinum is one of the best remedies for Alzhemer’s diseases with severe weakness of memory. The person loses the thread of conversation, forgets names, words, and places. He forgets his own name, names of his close friends and family members. He is hurried and anxious cannot speak without weeping, tells it over and over again. He feels that time passes too slowly. Medorrhinum is suited to sycotic constitution.
📌MERC SOL
Complete loss of all sense of decency; filthy in body with groveling mentality; great weakness of memory; impaired vision; foul breath; heavy coated tongue.
📌NUX VOM
Disposition to find fault with everything and every body; extreme sensitiveness to the words and attention of others, inclination to kill his best friends; wants to commit su***de but is too cowardly to do so; very irritable, quarrelsome, vindictive.
📌NUX MOSCHTA
Nux moschata is best for Alzheimer’s disease with difficulty in reading and writing. The mind is confused and memory is impaired. Thoughts suddenly vanish while talking, reading, or writing. He frequently use of wrong words. Objects seem changes or grow larger. She is absent minded, shows drowsiness and indifferent behavior.
📌TARENTULA
Rages over something and throws whatever in hand and whatever he could reach. On slightest contradiction or objection he will hit the person with whatever he can get hold of.
