How long does cerebellar atrophy cause Alzheimer s?

Cerebellar atrophy does not directly lead to Alzheimer's disease.

The main function of the cerebellum is to control the coordination and balance of the body's movements, and atrophy does not directly affect intelligence. Patients with cerebellar atrophy, with the aggravation of the disease, may have unsteady walking, uncoordinated movements, inability to buckle buttons, tie shoes, use chopsticks, and write with a pen, and the ability to perform these fine movements will be affected. Cerebellar atrophy and dementia are two different concepts.

In fact, Alzheimer's disease is now called Alzheimer's disease, which is not a result of the cerebellum, but because the brain atrophies the whole brain, mainly the hemispheres of the brain, causing a progressive decline in memory, behavior, speech, and cognitive function.

Cerebellar atrophy can also affect the function of the brain. But the main thing is that the tube is balanced. If there is cerebellar atrophy, there will be an unsteady walking, nystagmus, speech, and uncoordinated movements, that is, uncoordinated hands and feet, and there will be a type called intention tremor.

There is also a kind of rebound, if you appear in a person is holding his hand, you will retract, when you suddenly increase the volume, you will retract, and it will not hit yourself, and if there is cerebellar atrophy, there will be a **, which will hit yourself. Therefore, Alzheimer's disease and cerebellar atrophy are two different concepts.

Cerebellar atrophy may lead to cognitive dysfunction in older adults, which manifests to some extent as manifestations of dementia. The typical symptom of cerebellar atrophy is an abnormality in the body's ability to maintain balance and coordinate voluntary movements. Cerebellar atrophy, characterized by ataxia, cerebellar disorders, eye movement disorders, hypotonia, non-motor manifestations, and cognitive and language dysfunction.

Cerebellar atrophy, the main symptom, unsteady gait is the most common first symptom manifested by drunkenness, or scissors absenteeism. Patients with advanced disease may not be able to walk and need to stay in bed for long periods of time. Dizziness, forgetfulness, memory loss, dullness, unresponsiveness, and tremors may occur.

It can also be manifested as slurred speech, which can be manifested as fulminant speech, or silver speech. Cognitive impairment may cause people to lose their past and understand what others are saying, and patients with advanced stages may not be able to take care of themselves. Patients may have side-to-side eye movements.

The function of the cerebellum is primarily through complex regulatory and feedback mechanisms in the coordination of balance and muscle tone.

It also enables the muscular system of the body to perform fine technical movements.

Cerebellar atrophy does not cause dementia, but rather some dysfunction associated with the cerebellum. However, it is necessary to be vigilant against the causes of cerebellar atrophy, such as some underlying diseases: diabetes, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, etc., which can cause cerebellar atrophy, and after the disease progresses, it can also cause cerebral atrophy, so we should pay attention to prevention and treatment.

In addition, the symptoms that may occur with cerebellar dysfunction are as follows:

l. Ataxia: due to the lack of cerebellar regulation, the patient is unstable in standing, shaking, and unstable gait, which is the gait of a drunk: when walking, the legs are far apart, swaying from side to side, and the upper limbs are flexed and stretched forward as if they are about to fall.

Difficulty standing on the feet. You can't usually stand on one foot, but opening or closing your eyes has little effect on standing stability. Handwriting abnormalities are also a manifestation of arm and hand ataxia, with irregular handwriting and tremor of strokes.

Generally, writing is too large, and paralysis tremor is mostly writing too small.

2 Burst language: manifested by slow speech, articulation of punching, monotonous, nasal. There is a "language similar to a bulbar lesion", but the latter is more peculiar and clumsy, and there is often vocal cord or soft jaw paralysis on objective examination, whereas cerebellar speech is ataxia without paralysis.

3 Poor distance resolution or scale impairment.

4 Alternating dyskinesia.

5 Synergy disorders.

6 Counterattack.

7 nystagmus.

8 Changes in muscle tone.

Normally, cerebellar atrophy is prevented aggressively and does not cause dementia afterphaly.

In general, patients with mild cerebellar atrophy will not have obvious clinical symptoms, and with the aggravation of the disease, patients may be accompanied by slurred speech, voluntary movement disorder, and unsteady walking. Cerebellar atrophy is a sign, while dementia is a chronic and generalized mental dysfunction, cerebellar atrophy is a normal phenomenon in the physiological aging process of the body, and the degree of atrophy becomes more obvious with age.

Alzheimer's disease usually refers to Alzheimer's disease, the onset is relatively insidious, usually the frontal and temporal lobes are mainly atrophy, patients will have cognitive decline, mental decline, personality, behavior will change, some patients will also have neurological and psychiatric symptoms, to the advanced stage of the patient will lose the ability to live, long-term bed rest needs family members 24 hours to accompany them.

Patients are advised to seek medical attention in a timely manner and follow the doctor's instructions for targeted treatment**.

Cerebellar atrophy is not Alzheimer's disease, cerebellar atrophy refers to the atrophy of the cerebellum. The main function of the cerebellum is to manage the coordination and balance function of the human body, and people with cerebellar atrophy walk unsteadily and have uncoordinated movements, mainly in this regard, and all aspects of memory and intelligence are normal.

Alzheimer's disease mainly refers to brain atrophy, and patients will show decreased memory, concentration, calculation, reasoning, judgment, and daily living ability. Some patients have psychiatric symptoms, such as hallucinations, as well as anxiety, depression, and sleep disturbances. Therefore, cerebellar atrophy and Alzheimer's disease are two completely different concepts, and cerebellar atrophy must be seen in the neurology department of a regular hospital.

Precautions: First, patients with cerebellar atrophy are generally accompanied by ataxia, and patients may have clinical manifestations such as unsteady standing and unsteady walking. In the second case, this kind of patient must not drink alcohol at ordinary times, alcohol has a definite damaging effect on the cerebellum, and patients with alcohol poisoning will also have cerebellar atrophy and cerebellar ataxia; Third, you can usually eat more foods rich in B vitamins, eat more whole grains, and eat more fresh vegetables and fruits. In addition, it is important to pay attention to finding out what the cause of cerebellar atrophy is.

The differences between cerebellar atrophy and Alzheimer's disease are mainly as follows:

1. The difference between clinical symptoms.

Cerebellar atrophy is a sign in the aging process, and patients often have slurred speech, decreased muscle strength, emotional disorders, and poor comprehension. Alzheimer's disease is a neurological disorder in which patients lose their ability to think, judge, remember, and understand. Therefore, Alzheimer's patients are usually unable to control themselves at the onset of the disease, and their social capacity is in a state of complete loss; Although patients with cerebellar atrophy have degraded in both behavioral and thinking abilities, their self-control ability still exists, and their ability to analyze and judge is still good, and the clinical symptoms at the onset of the two are quite different in the embodiment of social ability.

2. The difference in terms of **.

There are many reasons for cerebellar atrophy in the body, such as cerebral insufficiency, infection, drug abuse, genetics, and congenital developmental abnormalities, which can lead to cerebellar atrophy, and the leading causes of Alzheimer's disease include family genetic factors, head trauma factors, viral infections, major blows in life and other psychosocial factors. In terms of **, cerebellar atrophy and Alzheimer's disease are quite different.

3. The age of high incidence of the disease is different.

Cerebellar atrophy occurs at roughly equal age and can occur at any age, whereas Alzheimer's disease occurs mainly in the elderly over 70 years of age.

Cerebellar atrophy does not cause dementia, but cerebral atrophy causes dementia, and cerebral atrophy and cerebellar atrophy are not the same thing.

ataxia: the main symptom of cerebellar atrophy, gait instability is the most common presenting symptom, manifested by drunkenness or scissor gait; Patients with advanced disease may not be able to walk and need to stay in bed for long periods of time.

Cranial nerve dysfunction: dizziness, forgetfulness, memory loss, dullness, slowness, tremor of the hands and feet.

Dysarthria: slurred speech, which can manifest as explosive speech or poetic speech.

Cognitive impairment: forgetfulness, loss; Inability to understand what others are saying; Patients with advanced disease may not be able to take care of themselves.

Nystagmus. The patient has eyeball swings from side to side.