Candidate of biological sciences Semen Goloshikekin in a conversation with Radio Sputnik listed early signs of dementia.
According to him, the signs of future dementia may be forgetfulness, as well as a number of moderate cognitive violations, such as inability to concentration, planning, reduction of the level of abstract thinking. Currently, there is a discussion that hearing loss can be both an early manifestation of Alzheimer’s disease, and one of the risk factors of its occurrence, a specialist said.
Goloshikin stressed that the causes of dementia may be neurodegenerative disorders, head injuries, some infections, metabolic disorders, lack of certain vitamins. He added that Alzheimer’s disease and the atherosclerosis of brain vessels are the most frequent causes of this syndrome.