What should I do if my friend s father has Alzheimer s disease and has dysphagia when eating?

Alzheimer's disease, also known as Alzheimer's disease, is a primary degenerative encephalopathy that occurs in old age and early senile periods, which refers to a persistent disorder of higher neurological activity, that is, in the absence of consciousness disorders, memory, thinking, analysis and judgment, visuospatial recognition, emotion and other disorders. It is characterized by atrophy of the cerebral cortex with amyloid deposition, neurofibrillary tangles, a decrease in the number of large memory neurons, and the formation of senile plaques.

There is currently no specific drug or drug that reverses disease progression.

Alzheimer's disease focuses on nursing, and they should be allowed to do what they can under the care and guidance of their families. It is necessary to understand the patient's psychological state in a timely manner, never alienate the patient, help the patient eliminate psychological and behavioral disorders, and help the patient recover his memory. This is a very important part of the prevention and treatment of early patients.

Pay attention to diet and nutrition. Alzheimer's patients generally have varying degrees of eating disorders and swallowing disorders. The elderly themselves have low kidney function, digestion and absorption function, reduced basal metabolism and reduced physical activity, so that the utilization and absorption of nutrients in the body are easy to be impaired, resulting in malnutrition and even anemia.

Therefore, the diet of dementia patients should consider the balance of quantity and quality, choose foods that are easy to digest and swallow, and do not need to restrict the intake of protein and fat. Low nutritional status can further contribute to the development of the disease.

Maintain daily hygiene. People with early dementia should be helped to maintain daily habits and hygiene as much as possible. Living, dressing, brushing teeth, washing face, etc., even if it is not done properly, let him do it himself as much as possible.

To prevent infection. Due to the decline of all aspects of the body, such as the decline of respiratory system function, the body's ability to defend against infection is reduced, which is easy to be complicated by pneumonia. It is necessary to avoid colds as much as possible to prevent colds.

Drugs** can only play an auxiliary role, and drugs can generally be used without drugs.

However, if you have high blood pressure, diabetes, etc., it is necessary.

It is recommended that you try the dysphagia supplement drink, which has a significant effect on dysphagia. This is a mature technology that has been applied internationally for twenty or thirty years. If it is very serious, it is recommended to go to the hospital as soon as possible to avoid delay.

It is very common for the elderly to have their swallowing function affected for various reasons, such as not being able to eat normally, choking on drinking water, etc., so it is not a good way to say upstairs that the tablet is crushed and dissolved in water, and it may aggravate the cough and medicine Shun is said to be not bad, you can try.

If there is a nasogastric tube, of course, it is a direct tube to take the medicine, if it is a dysphagia**, the gastric tube is ready or has been successfully removed.

Then it is necessary to make adjustments to the process of taking the medicine, 1. After the drug is crushed and dissolved in warm water into a potion, it is necessary to make adjustmentsAdd Ott cairpharyngeal medical thickenerIf the medicine is bitter, then add honey accordingly, provided that the patient has no complications such as diabetes, and the same is true for the Chinese medicine liquid.

2. If it is not crushed, put the tablets directly in the soup spoon, with the thickened warm water, and wrap it directly

When the elderly are older and have difficulty swallowing, and the medicine of the tablet is difficult to eat, you can try to grind the medicine into powder, dissolve it in water, and then give it to the elderly to drink. If the potion is too bitter, consider adding a little sugar without affecting the efficacy.

Tilt your head and send the medicine down.

Try taking precomin. Hope it helps.

Alzheimer's disease (Alzheimer's)**.

Sweet wheat jujube soup recipe Licorice three coins 1 liter of wheat (one bowl) 10 jujubes On the three flavors, six bowls of water, boil three bowls, divide the temperature and serve three servings.

In the original recipe, one liter of wheat was changed to a bowl. When making it, you can properly control the amount of wheat and water.

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that wheat is the valley of the heart, and among the grains, only wheat enters the heart and can nourish the heart. Licorice and red dates can produce jin liquid and replenish the jin liquid. For other symptoms, the drug is then determined clinically. Sweet wheat jujube soup can also be used for epilepsy.

If acupuncture is used, then you can choose Shuigou, Neiguan, Fengchi, Tianzhu, Lily, Sishencong, Shenmen, Sanyinjiao, Kidney Yu, Taichong, and Fenglong.

It is recommended to consult a TCM practitioner or acupuncturist.