What is a degenerative brain disease?
Neurodegenerative disease is a chronic pathology that affects part of the nervous system, especially the brain. Most of these pathologies are chronic and incurable, although some can be managed, subject to a course of treatment.
When diagnosing neurodegenerative diseases, the main goal is to treat symptoms and slow down the progression of the pathology.
It should be noted that degenerative diseases of the brain develop slowly over time and symptoms appear late.
According to statistics, more than 50 million people worldwide suffer from neurodegenerative pathologies. Most of them are related to age (diagnosis is common in people over 65).
Degenerative diseases of the brain are:
- Dementia;
- Parkinsonism;
- Demyelinating disease;
- Motor neuron disease;
- Prion disease.
Symptoms are different even if two people have the same diagnosis. The causes of different symptoms are:
- Every human brain is unique;
- Neurodegenerative diseases appear for various reasons;
- It depends on which part of the brain or nervous system was damaged.
The following symptoms are common:
- Confusion;
- Memory loss;
- Decrease in ability to think and concentrate;
- Numbness;
- Pain;
- Muscle spasm;
- Violation of coordination;
- Fatigue;
- Slow motion;
- Trembling;
- Balance problems;
- Loss of muscle control and others.
The underlying cause may be age, genetics, environment, behavior, lifestyle, medical history.
Source:
https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/24976-neurodegenerative-diseases
