Over the long period of its existence, it has acquired a variety of different names - senile dementia, senile senility, senile depression, elderly encephalopathy, vascular dementia, vascular psychoses and many such names.
Older sclerosis, to be honest, as a diagnosis, simply does not exist.
After all, we can not say that old age is a disease!
Under sclerosis, we mean ordinary forgetfulness, although "senile sclerosis" is already forgetfulness of the pathological.
Speaking more correctly, sclerosis is a replacement of normal connective tissue by a more dense connective tissue.
You can ask: "And where does the senile( age-related) forgetfulness?".
The fact is that with age, the neurons( nerve cells) of the brain die, and nerve cells, as is known, do not recover. Hence the so-called failures in memory occur.
Causes of the disease
The main causes of senile sclerosis include:
- lack of blood supply to the brain;
- too slow updating of brain cells;
- changes in the processes of brain biochemistry.
The doctor can only determine the dominant( primary) cause of brain damage during the examination.
Symptoms of senile depression
The first and most basic symptom of this disorder is age( the older the patient becomes, the more often he is registered with senile sclerosis).
Often, the elderly patient complains about the following signs of this nervous breakdown:
- is a negative perception of life events;
- standing resentment;
- feeling of defectiveness;
- brain damage to integrative functions;
- heart attacks at the slightest stress;
- pain in the head, legs, joints, back.
If you have these symptoms, seek help from a psychiatrist and neurologist.
It is possible that brain cells begin to die in a much larger volume than before, and passive waiting is already becoming too dangerous.
Let's figure out how to treat senile sclerosis.
Treatment of
With timely treatment, it is possible to maintain the maximum number of brain cells. 
Treatment of an elderly person suffering from senile sclerosis is a long process, requiring a positive mood and increased patience.
Ideally, you may need specialist doctors:
- cardiologist;
- psychotherapist;
- psychiatrist;
- neurologist.
Stay in hospital conditions only if necessary.
The doctor needs to establish close contact with the patient himself, as well as with his relatives.
First of all, the doctor finds out what causes led to brain damage:
- atherosclerotic plaques;
- stroke;
- high blood coagulability;
- arrhythmia of the heart;
- increased pressure;
- Alzheimer's disease.
Treatment in all cases will be different, corresponding to the main source of the problem.
The main methods of treatment:
- medication;
- psychotherapy;
- compliance with the regime of the day and the mode of loads;
- diet;
- therapeutic hypnosis( if necessary).
Treatment with medicines of senile sclerosis
Medication requires the use of stimulants:
- synthetic( caffeine group);
- tonic preparations.
In addition, nootropic drugs are used.
Drugs of this group contribute to:
- of mental activity;
- resistance of the brain to aggression;
- memory improvement.
Preparations of a nootropic group reduce the need for oxygen in body tissues, thereby increasing resistance to hypoxia.
In the next group of drugs are drugs that help improve the cerebral circulation.
Stressful situations, aggravating the course of the disease, require the appointment of drugs from a group of tranquilizers that relieve fear and anxiety.
In a complex with medical treatment almost always include psychotherapy courses that help the patient learn the behavioral reactions accepted in society.
Take care of yourself.
Stay healthy!
Older sclerosis has been known for a long time.
