A part of the human race has always suffered from Mental Health Disorders and Dementia. The two terms are distinctive as the former refers to psychological disorders that affect mood, thinking, and behavior while Dementia covers a group of symptoms that are more neurological, affecting memory, thinking, and social abilities. It is important to appreciate this distinction as treatment approaches and long-term prognosis for each condition varies. Typically, mental issues are caused by genetic, environmental, and psychological factors and are age-agnostic. They can improve or go down speedily and do not affect long term memory or rob a person’s overall independence. But dementia, primarily caused by physical changes in the brain (such as the buildup of abnormal proteins or damage to brain cells) appears only past the age of 60-65, is usually irreversible, impacts memory so severely that it ends up making the patient completely dependent on others.
DEMENTIA
The United States National Institutes of Health (NIH) defines Dementia as the loss of cognitive functioning — thinking, remembering, and reasoning — to such an extent that it interferes with a person’s daily life and activities. Dementia is not one specific disease, it is a term used to refer to diverse symptoms affecting memory, thinking and social abilities. Various neurodegenerative disorders and factors contribute to the development of dementia through a progressive and irreversible loss of neurons and brain functioning.
One of the earliest symptoms is memory loss, but it need not always translate to dementia. Other cognitive degenerative symptoms include problems in finding the appropriate word in sentences to communicate one’s thoughts, trouble with visual and spatial abilities, such as getting lost while driving, decline in reasoning or problem-solving abilities, trouble performing complex tasks, planning and organizing things, lack of coordination and control of movements, and a sustained sense of confusion and disorientation. Psychological changes may range from inability to control emotions to paranoia and hallucinations, depending on its severity. At its advanced stages, the patient will be forced to depend completely on others for basic activities of daily living, such as feeding oneself.
Currently there is no cure for any type of dementia and even the causes of contributing diseases are unclear. But experts assert that in general, leading a healthy lifestyle may help reduce risk factors. It is in the last part that Musopathy steps in, enabling people to lead better lifestyles and engage their brains more. A review of published studies on Dementia suggested three main areas that people can focus on to try and prevent Dementia as given below:
Musopathy MANET brings in an original approach that recognises that the human ear can play a major role in Cognitive Training and Cognitive Enhancement. This can be applied to most populations who have had even a basic Grade 3 level School education. Nasal Tonation and other TBT Techniques have been shown to bring down Blood Pressure. Further studies will enable scholars to draw more precise conclusions.
