Neuropsychology: diseases — симптомы, диагностика и лечение

A stroke is an acute circulatory disorder in the brain, in which a section of brain tissue stops receiving oxygen and dies. This is a condition where literally minutes count: every minute without blood flow, about two million nerve cells die. That is why the main thing that everyone should know is not the names of drugs, but how to recognize a stroke in a minute and immediately call an ambulance. Trying to “lie down,” take a blood pressure pill, or wait until the morning is the most common and most expensive mistake.

Alzheimer's disease is the most common cause of dementia and accounts for the majority of cases of acquired memory and thinking loss in the elderly. The main difficulty is that the onset of the disease is almost always attributed to age: “grandmother has become forgetful, this is normal.” Age-related memory loss is normal, but it has clear differences from dementia. And although it is not yet possible to stop the disease, early treatment gives years of a safer and more independent life, and the family time to prepare.

Cerebral palsy is a group of permanent movement and posture disorders caused by damage to the immature brain before birth, during childbirth, or in the first months of life. The key thing that parents need to understand is that brain damage itself does not progress - it happened once and does not increase. Something else changes: the child grows, and without work, secondary problems form - contractures, dislocations, deformities. That is why early and regular rehabilitation treatment determines the result more than any drugs.