Poor sleep hygiene can damage your brain health. Take up your hobbies and exercise every day

Dr. Joy Desai


In 1901, Alois Alzheimer observed and treated a 51-year-old patient called Augustedeter at the Asylum in Frankfurt. When she died in 1906, her brain was studied by him and Emil Kraepelin. Their identification of the unique pathology of Auguste Deters’ brain leads to the birth of the disease that bears its name in the medical literature.

Neurologists and psychiatrists have found that unhappy patients experience progressive dysfunction in at least three of the six major domains of brain function: memory, personality, language, visual space skills, practice, and executive function. Sometimes we diagnose dementia.

Alzheimer’s disease is the most common degenerative dementia. The earliest symptom is usually an immediate memory failure where old remote memory was stored. This leads to repeated questions and discussions with family members.

Over time, personality changes, confusion, lost children in familiar environments, language disabilities, and gadget handling can evolve. Patients with advanced Alzheimer’s disease may need assistance with almost every activity in their daily lives.

Tragically, end-stage Alzheimer’s disease can deplete all the abilities of the brain and make all activities of daily life completely dependent.

An important condition of the brain in Alzheimer’s disease is the abundant development of abnormal protein accumulation. Those in nerve cells are called neurofibrillary tangles, and those in brain tissue are called neurite plaques. The location in the brain determines the resulting loss of function and typical symptoms.

Most patients need to be evaluated by qualified healthcare professionals. The quest for cure remains elusive, despite a century of knowledge and effort.

Risk factors for developing Alzheimer’s disease include poor education, sedentary tendency, obesity, diabetes, genetic vulnerabilities, especially recurrent headaches, poor gum health, and hearing loss.

Other factors that may contribute to its precipitation are late-life depression and poor sleep hygiene. Many invasions have been made to the understanding of the pathophysiological processes that lead to its development, but treatments remain elusive. This is because the patient may be asymptomatic, but if slow biological abnormalities have already begun to move in the brain, the disease has 15 stages before the onset of symptoms of biological accumulation. It may be due to the understanding that it lasts for years.

Today, symptomatic treatment improves the quality of life of affected individuals and their unhappy caregivers. Most societies recognize the need for a psychosocial infrastructure that helps affected patients find meaningful activities to participate in while their earners are working.

Anxiously, many celebrities and strong global personalities are prey to the disease, emphasizing the reality that longevity biology may have its own price.

Recent studies include regular exercise, a balanced Mediterranean-type diet, maintaining a strong social and family network, an avid pursuit of extracurricular hobbies, sustained sleep and gingival hygiene throughout middle age, and diabetes. Rapid and disciplined treatment of depression, avoidance overdrinking, multilingualism, and solid educational reserves can reduce the risk of future Alzheimer’s disease among middle-aged individuals.

Seven years ago, the discovery of an exclusive sleep-driven excretion system in the brain accelerated insights into the subtle relationship between sleep hygiene and sleep. Brain health..

Many questions remain unanswered, but the cure for Alzheimer’s disease seems no longer a dream. The relationship between sleep hygiene and brain health has become a new focus of hard-working research.

Juvenile dementia has been observed at varying prevalences worldwide, with some studies varying in numbers from 73 to 163 per 100,000 population. The true prevalence of juvenile dementia in India is unknown.

Numerous genes are involved in familial juvenile Alzheimer’s disease, with presenilin 1 and 2 being pioneers. Films such as “Still Alice” and “Smile Please” portray the tragic and tragic human fallout of Alzheimer’s disease that appears in childhood.

Meaningful treatments have escaped researchers, but the sensitization of amateur personas to the victims of the disease can drive discipline for lifestyle contributors to the brain health of the poor. .. Bright outlook, enthusiasm for hobbies, regular exercise, discipline Sleep habits, And successful stress management is an investment for future brain protection.

-Author-Director-Neurology, Jaslok Hospital & Research Center.