How many times have you happened to have forgotten the keys of the house and where you parked the car; Well sometimes these small forgetfulness could be the warning of something more serious that is not necessarily attributable to dementia, but also to kidney or liver problems.
But when we have to worry? The advice to understand it and some suggestions to train the memory come online on the prestigious website National Institute of Aging American.
Expert advice
To begin with, explain the experts of the Alzheimer’s Disease Education and Referral Center, if you have simply forgotten where you have placed the house keys or glasses, don’t worry because they are forgetfulness that they can happen to everyone and that with age it is normal to become more frequent. If this is the case, then you can do a lot to train memory and also to help yourself in everyday life, explain the authors of the Nia.
First of all, it may be useful to store keys and glasses portfolio always in the same place, use simple tools to keep things in mind as a calendar, post it posts or lists of things to do.
It is useful to train memory not to isolation, have social relationships and also carry out voluntary activities, see relatives and grandchildren. Not only that, even resting well, exercising and healthy eating are all lifestyles that defend memory.
When do you have to worry that something is wrong with our memory?
When, the experts explain, forgetfulness become serious, for example when you encounter difficulties in simple activities such as shopping, when we find ourselves asking the same questions over and over again, when we get lost in places well known to us, when we get into confusion about the places, people or time. Other signals are represented by the forgetting to take care of ourselves, from eating to washing.
What to do in these cases?
You have to consult your doctor and understand with your help what there can be behind the serious memory problems that meet. The reasons can be varied: the difficulties and confusion can be due to certain drugs that are used, vitamin deficiencies, in excessive consumption of alcohol, but also to circulatory problems in the cerebral level, liver or kidney problems.
Of course, dementia can also be a cause of serious memory deficits. So it is important to talk about it with your doctor who will suggest exams to be performed, a complete health check-up with blood and urine exams, cognitive tests and if necessary a brain imaging exam (CT or magnetic resonance imaging).
