Ingabe umuntu oseduze nawe ulahlekelwa yinkumbulo yakhe? Uyibona kanjani i-dementia?

Wake waphawula ukuthi umuntu osekhulile ekhaya lakho, mhlawumbe umama wakho, ubaba, ugogo noma umkhulu wakho, uya ngokuya ekhohlwa izinto? Kuvamile ukuzizwa wesaba lapho ubona izinto ezinjengokukhubeka ngamazwi ngokuzumayo ngenkathi ukhuluma, unenkinga yokwenza imisebenzi elula, futhi ngezinye izikhathi uthukuthele ngenkathi uhleli. Abantu abaningi bacabanga ukuthi lokhu kuyinto evamile eyenzeka njengoba bekhula. Kodwa kungaba ukuqala kwesifo esibizwa ngokuthi i-dementia . Ngakho-ke, namuhla sizokhuluma ngendlela odokotela abaxilonga ngayo lesi simo esibizwa ngokuthi i-dementia .

I-dementia ayikwazi ukuxilongwa ngokuhlolwa okukodwa.

Into yokuqala okufanele uyiqonde ukuthi i-dementia akuyona into engatholakala ngokuhlolwa kwegazi njengesifo sikashukela . Kuyinqubo enezinyathelo eziningi. Udokotela wakho uzokwenza uchungechunge lwezivivinyo ukuze abheke ikhono lokucabanga lomuntu omthandayo, umsebenzi wesimiso sezinzwa , kanye nesakhiwo sobuchopho. Ngemuva kwalokho, bazohlanganisa lonke lolo lwazi ukuze banqume ukuthi banayo yini i-dementia noma cha.

Abanye ochwepheshe abaningana bangase bajoyine udokotela womndeni wakho kulolu hambo.

• Udokotela wezinzwa : Udokotela ochwepheshe ebuchosheni kanye nasesimisweni sezinzwa.
• Udokotela Wezifo Zengqondo: Udokotela ogxile kwezempilo yengqondo .
• Uchwepheshe wenkumbulo nokusebenza kwengqondo (Isazi Sengqondo noma Isazi Sezinzwa): Umuntu ohlola ngokujulile amakhono okucabanga nokukhumbula.
• Udokotela Wezifo Zasebekhulile: Udokotela ogxile ezinkingeni zempilo zabantu asebekhulile.

Yini into yokuqala eyenzekayo uma uya kudokotela?

Udokotela wakho womndeni cishe uzoqala ngokukuhlola umzimba bese ebuza wena nesiguli imibuzo embalwa mayelana nomlando wabo wezokwelapha.

• Ingabe ukhona emndenini wakho onesifo sokulahlekelwa yingqondo?
• Lezi zimpawu zaqala nini?
• Uke waphawula noma yiziphi izinguquko ekuziphatheni noma ebuntwini?
• Zikhona yini ezinye izifo? Yimiphi imithi esetshenziswayo?

Into ebaluleke kakhulu ukuthi umuntu onesifo sokulahlekelwa yingqondo angase angaqapheli isimo sakhe. Ngakho-ke, udokotela uzobuza imibuzo efanayo ilungu lomndeni eliseduze noma umngane onjengawe ukuze athole ulwazi.

Ukuhlolwa okuyinhloko kokuxilonga i-dementia

Udokotela ufinyelela esiphethweni ngokuhlanganisa ulwazi oluvela hhayi nje ekuhlolweni okukodwa, kodwa nasezinhlotsheni eziningana zokuhlolwa. Ake sibone ukuthi ziyini.

Ukuhlolwa kwengqondo

Lokhu kufana nemibuzo emincane. Udokotela angase akucele ukuthi ugqoke iwashi bese uphawula isikhathi kulo, noma akucele ukuthi ubambe ngekhanda amanye amagama bese uwaphinda, noma akucele ukuthi ubale emuva ngo-7 kusukela ku-100. Lokhu kungakunikeza umbono oqondile wokuthi kukhona yini ubuthakathaka ekhonweni lakho lokucabanga.

Ukuhlolwa kwemizwa

Udokotela uzokushaya idolo lakho ngesando esincane serabha ukuze ahlole ukuthi kukhona yini ukusabela okubukhali. Uzokucela ukuthi ume amehlo akho evaliwe bese uthinta ikhala lakho ngomunwe wakho. Lokhu kuzokunikeza umbono omuhle wokuthi uhlelo lwakho lwezinzwa lusebenza kanjani.

Ukuhlolwa kwegazi kanye nokuskena kobuchopho

Ukuhlolwa kwegazi okulula kungabona izinto ezifana nokuntuleka kwe-vitamin B12 noma izinkinga ze-thyroid. Lezi zimo zingabangela nokulahlekelwa yinkumbulo. Futhi ukuhlolwa kwegazi okukhethekile manje kungabheka amaprotheni abizwa ngokuthi i-beta-amyloid kanye ne-tau (p-tau217), aqoqana ebuchosheni. Lokhu kungasiza ekuxilongeni isifo i-Alzheimer's .

Kunezinhlobo eziningana zokuskena kobuchopho:

• I-CT scan: Uchungechunge lwezithombe ze-X-ray luhlanganiswa ukuze kudalwe isithombe esiphelele sobuchopho.
• I-MRI scan: Isebenzisa omaginethi abanamandla namagagasi omsakazo ukuthatha izithombe ezicacile zobuchopho nezicubu ezizungezile.
• Ukuskena kwe-PET: Kubonisa umsebenzi wobuchopho futhi kungahlola ukuthi kukhona iphrotheni ye-amyloid, ehlotshaniswa nesifo i-Alzheimer's.

Ake silungiselele ngaphambi kokuya kudokotela.

Ukulungisa lezi zinto uma uya kudokotela kuzokusiza kakhulu.

• Uhlu lwezimpawu: Bhala phansi zonke izimpawu ozizwayo, noma ngabe azibonakali zihlobene ne-dementia.
• Ukucindezeleka kwamuva noma izinguquko ezinkulu empilweni: izinto ezifana nomhlalaphansi emsebenzini, ukufa kothandekayo.
• Yonke imithi esetshenzisiwe: Bhala phansi yonke imithi enqunywe udokotela wakho, okuhlanganisa amavithamini, iPanadol, kanye nemithi ye-Ayurvedic, kanye nomthamo.
• Uhlu lwemibuzo okufanele uyibuze: Ungase ukhohlwe ezinye izinto uma ubona udokotela, ngakho bhala phansi imibuzo yakho kusenesikhathi.

Imibuzo Evame Ukubuzwa (Imibuzo Evame Ukubuzwa)

Ingabe i-dementia ingavinjelwa?

Nakuba kungenakuvinjelwa ngokuphelele, kunezinto ezingenziwa ukuze kuncishiswe ingozi.

• Ukugcina isisindo esinempilo.
• Ukulawula umfutho wegazi kanye nesifo sikashukela.
• Ukuzivocavoca njalo.
• Ukugcina ubuchopho busebenza ngezinto ezifana nokufunda into entsha nokufunda izincwadi.
• Ukuba nobudlelwano nabantu nokuxhumana nabanye.
• Lala kahle nsuku zonke.
• Gwema ukubhema nokuphuza utshwala.
• Ukuvikela ikhanda ekuweni.
• Ukwelashwa kokukhubazeka kokuzwa nokubona.

Yiziphi izimpawu zokuqala ze-dementia?

Ezinye izimpawu ezivamile ezibonakala ezigabeni zokuqala yilezi:

• Ukukhohlwa izinto njalo.
• Ubunzima bokuhlela nokuhlela okuthile.
• Ubunzima bokuthola amagama lapho ukhuluma.
• Ukudideka okungazelelwe mayelana nokuthi kuphi futhi nini.
• Izinguquko ezingachazeki esimweni sengqondo nasekuziphatheni.

Ingabe kukhona ukudla okukhethekile kokulahlekelwa yingqondo?

Akukho ukudla okuqondile kwesifo sengqondo esibi, kodwa ezinye izifundo ziphakamisa ukuthi ukulandela ukudla okufana nokwaseMedithera kungaba nenzuzo. Lokhu kudla kugxila emifino, izithelo, izinhlanzi, amafutha anempilo (njengamafutha omnqumo), kanye nokusanhlamvu okune-fiber ephezulu kanye namantongomane.