Vascular dementia - acquired mental disorder, manifested by a decrease in intelligence and violating the social adaptation of the patient, as reported by the Internet publication for girls and women from 14 to 35 years Pannochka. net Causes of Vascular Dementia Most. the frequent etiological factors of vascular dementia are:.

ischemic strokes (atherothrombotic, embolic with lesions of large vessels, lacunar);.

intracerebral hemorrhage (with arterial hypertension, amyloid angiopathy);.

adrenal hemorrhages (subarachnoid, subdural);.

repeated embolization due to cardiac pathology (endocarditis, atrial myxoma, atrial fibrillation and others);.

autoimmune vasculitis (systemic lupus erythematosus, erythematosus, etc.. );.

infectious vasculitis (neurosyphilis, Lyme disease, etc.). );.

nonspecific vasculopathy.

Symptoms of vascular dementia It is characterized by some degree of disruption of memorizing current events and new information. Expressed memory impairments, including difficulties in the reproduction of immediate events (the events of adolescence and childhood usually remember well, sometimes even their reproduction improves), contribute to a decrease in mental activity, a predominance of a depressed tearful mood, a feeling of helplessness and insecurity.

Diagnosis of vascular dementia In patients with vascular dementia, characteristic changes in the brain are detected using modern methods of neuroimaging.

Treatment of vascular dementia Due to the large number of etiopathogenetic mechanisms, there is no single and standardized method for treating this category of patients. Treatment of vascular dementia should include activities aimed at the underlying disease, against which dementia develops, and the correction of existing risk factors.

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