Forgotten yesterday's events, money in a saucepan, and questions a person asks dozens of times a day. The head of the Center for Treatment of Neuroses and Alzheimer's Disease, Zhibek Zholdasova, explained which daily oddities literally scream about serious memory problems and require doctors' attention. This was reported by Qazaqyia.kz citing Kursiv Media.

Memory decline is the most common symptom

"What should you pay attention to so as not to miss memory problems? The most common is deterioration of memory for current events. It is difficult for a person to remember what happened an hour ago, yesterday, or just a week ago," the doctor explains.

Zholdasova explains that this is how the so-called "Ribot's law" works, when memory decline goes in reverse order, from current to long past. This means that a person will remember events from 20-40 years ago well, but will poorly remember the present.

Finding things in strange places

"Due to memory decline, people forget where they put things and constantly look for them. In addition, you may find things in strange places — keys in the refrigerator, butter in the cupboard, money in a saucepan," she notes.

Repetition is a clear sign

Also, according to the psychotherapist, there is another pronounced primary symptom — a person begins to repeat themselves.

"This is when the same questions, stories, facts. The same thing several times a day, or even dozens of times a day. Yes, all of us can have this. But rarely. And as dementia approaches, all these symptoms become daily and constant. Further they only increase," the doctor explains.

Impaired spatial orientation

Another symptom is orientation in space, which is also connected with short-term memory. The doctor notes that the brain remembers the surrounding space automatically — trees, houses, parks, blocks, cafes, shops. But if Alzheimer's has begun, memory loses everything that was remembered automatically.

"At first, orientation problems appear in unfamiliar places. For example, you went on vacation and your parent got lost in the hotel. Even by the end of the tour, they will not be able to find the restaurant, the beach, and their own room. And as it progresses, a person with dementia stops orienting themselves in their own yard, and at a severe stage, in the rooms of their own home," Zholdasova explains.

Previously reported

Earlier, the doctor told how the risk of dementia can be reduced by 45%.

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