LifeInSight: Good News for the future of Alzheimer’s Disease

Mental health is complicated; it resolves around many minor and major aspects. The mental well-being of a person is integral to their overall health and development.

Today, around forty-four million people worldwide suffer from Alzheimer's disease or some other form of dementia. The stats are intimidating but the severity of any situation must be acknowledged before we even begin to tackle it.

What is Alzheimer's disease?

When your brain cells begin to degenerate and die, it causes your brain to become weak. It hurts your memory, resulting in a progressive decline of your mental well-being, in the form of Alzheimer's disease. People with Alzheimer's face a weak or ineffective memory bank, causing behavioral problems, disrupting social skills, reduced mental efficiency to think, and the patient's ability to rely on themselves for daily activities.

What is Alzheimer's treatment?

Alzheimer's disease is diagnosed after taking into account self-reported symptoms, brain imaging, neuropsychological testing, lab tests, and physical exams. Once it has been diagnosed, Alzheimer's treatment can begin.

Mental health services can slow down the symptoms of Alzheimer's disease, but it's impossible to know whether the treatment will be able to reverse the effects or not.

All in all, there are two major kinds of drugs that are used to slow Alzheimer's in its path:-

●     Cholinesterase inhibitors- These are used when the patient is suffering from mild to a modest level of Alzheimer's disease. They help preserve the chemicals required for the brain to think and store information.

●     Memantine- Used in the later stages of Alzheimer's treatment, this type of drug allows the patients to negate the effects of the disease and perform daily functions independently for a little longer.

Unfortunately, there isn't any definite Alzheimer's treatment that can cure the disease. The good news is that mental health research funded by Non-profit organizations like LifeInSight are still working to find a cure. LifeInSight is striving continuously to collect funding and invest it in research for Alzheimer's treatment. Imagine all the people who would find a new lease on life if a cure was discovered. That thought alone makes LifeInSight persevere to find funding for the development of better treatments while striving for a cure.