American researchers who were engaged in revealing the connection between the presence in the elderly of symptoms of dementia and the risk of Alzheimer's disease, found that among those who have periodic opacities, this disease occurs 4.6 times more often than others, according to the Internet -release for girls and women from 14 to 35 years old Pannochka. Net The study, which involved 511 people at the average age of 78, found that older people who occasionally experience clouding of consciousness, accompanied by chaos in their thoughts and a glance at one point, are more prone to dementia (dementia) than Those who do not have such symptoms.

Such disturbances in the work of the psyche, which are also called fluctuations in consciousness, are a sign of one of the varieties of dementia, namely, dementia with Levi bodies. Specialists have set a goal to find out how often these symptoms occur in patients with Alzheimer's disease, and what impact they can have on the processes of thinking and assessing what is happening.

Analysis of the data showed that 12% of subjects suffering from dementia have fluctuations in consciousness. Of the 216 patients with very mild or mild forms of dementia, changes in the psyche were observed in twenty-five.

At the same time, out of 295 respondents who did not suffer from dementia, such signs were found only in two people. At the same time, people with mental disorders were 4.6 times more likely to suffer from Alzheimer's disease, and the disease was worse than those who did not have such problems.

According to scientists, doctors who are engaged in assessing the mental state of the elderly should also take into account these symptoms.

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