Senile psychosis

psychosis Senile( senile dementia, senile dementia, senile psychosis) - a disease of old age, which is due to atrophic cerebral processes. Cynical psychosis usually occurs between the ages of 60 and 70 years, and the incidence of both women and men is approximately the same.

clinical data psychoses are divided into four stages:

- The emergence of delusions

- Intelligent changes

- Deep dementia

- weakness and general insanity

human mental activity in old age becomes much weaker, is lacking and breaks, that is absolutely normal process, which is peculiar toThe body with aging, but despite this, senile dementia is considered a pathological process.

cause of senile psychosis( and other atrophic processes) to date have not been elucidated, but the role of heredity is not in doubt, as confirmed cases of "family dementia»

manifestations of senile psychosis, the patient completely disappears identity, which was characterized byHis character;The level of judgment decreases, a person does not acquire new skills, is not able to learn anything, memory is fading. As a sick person begins to forget newly acquired experience, and as the disease progresses and the experience that has been accumulated throughout life. The patient begins to remember those events that have never happened to him, the speech becomes meager and terse. In the end, only elementary physical needs remain.

Against the background of developed dementia, it is possible to alternate between states of a psychotic nature( the appearance of delusions, an angry or disturbing type of depression, a sense of material damage, jealousy, etc.).In such patients there is confusion, combined with diseases of the somatic type.

Depression is quite common in patients with cyanide psychosis. They last a fairly long period of time and have an average severity. A person becomes constantly displeased with something, irritated, sullen, suffers from hypochondriacal diseases. The early form of cyanotic dementia is Alzheimer's disease , which can develop from 45 to 50 years.

Treatment of

Treatment of synovial psychosis is rather difficult, therefore, symptomatic treatment is initially prescribed that takes into account such aspects as the presence of concomitant diseases and the nature of the course.

However, we must admit that at the moment there are no methods that can save senile dementia. Patients are advised to administer large doses of vitamins( ascorbic acid and B vitamins), glucose and cardiac agents. For edema excitation state and eliminating fussiness, propazine being treated, combined with trioxazine and meprotanom. When

depressive states shown used in small doses of antidepressants simultaneously with sedatives. Patients with synovial psychosis are often very restless and have a bad dream, in such cases, they are treated with tranquilizers and neuroleptics, which have a hypnotic effect( phenazepam, radedorm, etc.).

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