Correlations between brain lesions, risk factors and age, in vascular dementia

摘要

In Romania, dementia is under diagnosed due to lack of information, which makes the symptoms unrecognizable. Sometimes, even when symptoms are recognized, the patient is not taken to the doctor, because the symptoms he or she exhibits are considered normal consequences of aging. Cardiovascular pathology and its associated risk factors lead to structural and functional brain changes. Cognitive impairment occurring within the general phenomenon of human aging is related to a variety of genetic, morphological, biological, socio-cultural and individual and in turn has major impact on morbidity and autonomy of the elderly. A better understanding of the nature of the disease, its causation and early detection of brain changes can lead to early diagnosis of vascular dementia and the establishment of a prevention and treatment program that will help reduce the severity of dementia or morbidity. Our world is dominated by economic criteria and a crucial component is cost-effectiveness. Therefore it is necessary, today more than ever, to choose useful and sufficient high quality examinations in order to give up costly and often unnecessary diagnostic exams.