Dementia is a neurological disorder in which cognitive abilities decline over time. Usually occurring at the age of 60, the ability to think, remember, and reason becomes very weak in this disease. Due to such problems, the quality of life also becomes very weak.
Health experts say, some people suffering from dementia are unable to control their emotions and unexpected changes in their personality are also visible. It has been found in some research that now people up to the age of 50 are also being diagnosed with this disease.
Since dementia is a neurological disorder, its symptoms are related to the brain, but do you know that this disease can also be identified based on some problems occurring in the eyes? Let us know about such symptoms.
What do health experts say?
Dr. Jorn Slott Jørgensen, the chief ophthalmologist at the Laser Eye Clinic in London, says: In dementia, symptoms appear in the eyes before memory problems. The team of researchers found that these vision problems could be one of the earliest signs of dementia.
A study from the UCSF Weill Institute for Neurosciences found that retinal scans can detect important changes in blood vessels that explain a lot about Alzheimer's disease and dementia.
Know about the symptoms of dementia
The researchers said that the condition of dementia can affect our ability to think and solve problems in many ways. The first symptoms are memory loss, problems with decision-making, and confusion. Apart from this, some people may also have difficulty in speaking, understanding and expressing thoughts or reading and writing.
Along with these problems related to the brain, some symptoms of dementia are also seen in the eyes, which should also be taken seriously.
Difficulty in reading and writing
One of the earliest symptoms for people with dementia is vision changes, which can make it difficult to judge distances and identify colors. Due to such problems, even when you read and write something, you may continue to experience many types of problems. It is necessary to pay serious attention to the problem of perceived change in vision.
Loss of visual memory
The visual memory of people suffering from dementia means that it becomes very difficult to remember the things seen. Patients have difficulty remembering faces, places, or objects. Preliminary studies suggest that in people aged 40-50, the retina begins to thin due to several reasons, which also leads to cognitive problems.
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