| Theme |
Cure and care in dialysis wards heading for the year 2025 / Measures against fl oods and sediment disasters for dialysis wards |
| Title |
Cure and care for dementia prevention |
| Author |
Katsuya Urakami |
Department of Biological Regulation, School of Health Science, Faculty of Medicine, Tottori University |
| [ Summary ] |
Dementia prevention consists of three phases. The primary prevention of dementia serves to prevent the transition from normal and mild cognitive impairment to dementia. Secondary prevention concerns the early detection and early treatment of dementia, and tertiary prevention concerns the three stages of progress prevention symptoms in dementia. The primary prevention of dementia had been considered impossible until recently, but promising scientific evidence has been recently established. 4.62 million people have been diagnosed with dementia and 400 million people have mild cognitive impairments that are considered to be an urgent problem. Thus we aim to implement thorough primary to tertiary dementia prevention. There are many diseases that cause dementia and these conditions vary depending on the disease, and so preventive measures are not the same. Diseases with therapeutic agents are the Alzheimer type dementia and Lewy body type dementia. Prevention is necessary although therapeutic drugs are not fundamental to do so and care is very important to prevent the progression of dementia as a form of tertiary prevention. |