Dementia a rising mental health issue

Dementia is a disease with the symptom that the patients cannot remember anything. Because of this disease, many people forget the work done a little earlier. This disease can make a person's normal daily activities miserable. The condition can turn so severe that the patients are unable to eat or use the toilet on their own. The number of dementia patients in Bangladesh is increasing these days. According to a recent research, one in every 12 Bangladeshi individuals aged 60 years or older has dementia. The Alzheimer's Society says that the number of patients with the disease is expected to reach 22 million by 2050 in the country.
In addition to medication, some of the steps in the treatment of dementia include ensuring adequate nutrition and vitamins in the diet, behavioural therapy, occupational therapy, regular exercise and brainstorming. Stem cell therapy is currently used and many think it is effective in treating hereditary brain dementia. Dementia is a disease. So, it needs treatment. But many people in our country do not care about this disease and its treatment. Our senior citizens deserve better care regarding this disease. If the severity of dementia can be kept down a bit, the patient will be able to live a much better life.

Ashikujaman Syed,
Research Assistant,
Bioinformatics Research Lab,
Center for Research Innovation and Development (CRID),
syedashikujaman@yahoo.com