Having a family member or friend who turns out to be suffering from senile dementia is always a great pain, knowing full well how this can drastically change relationships. Not everyone knows this, but there is a signal related to hair that should never be underestimated.
Medicine has made great strides and has made even diseases that weren’t treatable before, but there are still several ailments that aren’t completely and scary when you discover that a loved one has them. This is the case, for example, of senile dementia, which does not exclusively concern the elderly. Indeed, when it strikes the youngest, it ends up progressing even faster and makes it difficult to find a remedy.
But what are the main symptoms that should alert us? Usually we think of the difficulty in carrying on a conversation and thinking of the right word to pronounce, but also of a state of confusion about the place and time in which you are. Sometimes, however, by the time it reaches this point, the disease may already be advanced and even the drugs may only have a partial effect. Not everyone knows, but there is a situation that we should not underestimate precisely because one might think it is not strictly linked to this problem.
Senile dementia and hair: an unexpected link
The number of people who are affected by senile dementia is growing, not so much because the disease is difficult to stop, but mostly because now they tend to also consider symptoms that could be related to other problems. However, being able to arrive at a diagnosis quickly can be fundamental precisely because it slows down the progression.
In this way, relying on a trained doctor, who does not underestimate the problems of each patient, can therefore be decisive although there are currently no drugs that allow for a complete recovery.
Not everyone knows, but any changes related to the state of skin and hair could be linked to this. Precisely for this reason it would be essential to examine every possible change that can be found in our body. Indeed, according to a recent study, some dermatological disorders could be linked to dementia.
The first signs of cognitive decline could be identified, for example, in the presence of skin lesions such as sores (skin wounds due to prolonged pressure), but also excoriations, mycosis and post-traumatic wounds due to gait disturbance. Pay particular attention, however, to hair: in 70% of cases of people with Alzheimer’s hair no longer grew or broke easily. If you recognize yourself in a situation like this, it would therefore be advisable to first talk about it with the family doctor, who can then refer the patient to a specialist.