LAVANYA TREATED GERIATRIC PROBLEMS

Dementia
Dementia is a term that describes the loss of cognitive function, usually because of damaged brain cells. It includes memory loss and at least one of the following: difficulty with language, impaired movement, and inability to plan and initiate appropriate behaviors socially or at work. People with dementia may not be able to care for themselves by getting dressed or eating; they may have trouble balancing their checkbook and may get lost in familiar settings.

Signs and Symptoms

Alzheimer’s disease
• Increasing memory loss
• Difficulty with language (not being able to find the right word)
• Not being able to think abstractly
• Disorientation (getting lost in familiar places)
• Not recognizing friends or family
• Inability to do familiar tasks (such as cooking)
• Loss of judgment and decision-making ability
• Personality changes

Vascular Dementia
• Mental confusion
• Having trouble walking; falling frequently
• Memory loss
• Difficulty with language
• Becoming agitated
• Urinary frequency or incontinence

What Causes It

Dementia usually occurs in elderly people, although it is not considered a normal effect of aging. Some kinds of vascular Dementia may be mistaken for Alzheimer’s disease, and the two often occur together.

Other causes of Dementia include

• Vascular disease (blockage of a blood vessel to the brain)
• Traumatic brain injury
• Parkinson's, Huntington's, Creutzfeldt-Jakob, and other diseases
• Brain tumor
• Vitamin B deficiencies
• Drug or alcohol abuse, medications, or exposure to toxic substances
Diabetics Or Prameha
According to ayurveda, diabetes is a metabolic kapha type of disorder in which diminished functioning of agni leads to a tendency toward high blood sugar. (Ayurveda recognizes 24 forms of the disease commonly classified under Prameha 4 are due to Vata dosha, 6 are due to Pitta dosha, and 10 are caused by Kapha dosha. The main causes of these diseases are fat, urine, and Kapha buildups due to foods, liquids, lifestyle and others.)

According to the unique assessments of ayurvedic concepts diabetes is the disease which occurs when toxins get accumulated in the tissue and result in circulation blockage. The various root causes of diabetes that ayurveda enlists are poor nutrition and poor digestion, inequity of nervous system, physical and mental stress, and disturbance in natural biological cycle.

TYPES OF PRAMEHA

MUTRA BIKARA BEDHAS (As per urinary abnormality)

1. Kaphaja : Kapha causes pramehas by affecting medhas thus altering lipid metabolism), muscles and body fluid situated in urinary bladder. They are of ten types as:

UDAKAMEHA (Chronic nephritis, Diabetes insipidus) Watery urine
ISKHUMEHA (Alimentary glycosuria) Like sugar cane
SAANDRAMEHA (Phosphaturia) Viscous urine
SAANDRAPRASAADMEHA Having solid precipitate
SUKLAMEHA (Chyleuria, albuminuria) –White urin
SUKRAMEHA (Spermaturia) Urine with semen
SITAMEHA Cold urine
SAINYAMEHA Delayed and very slow impulse of urination
LALMEHA (Albuminaria) Salivalike urine
SIKTAMEHA (Lithuria) Urine with gravels

2. Pittaja : Pitta aggravated by hot things causes the same by affecting medas, muscles and body fluid situated in urinary bladder. They are of six types as :

KCHARAMEHA (Alkanuria) Urine like alkali
KAALAMEHA (Indikanuria) Black urine
NILAMEHA (Indikanuria) Blue urine
HARIDRAMEHA (Biluria) Turmericlike urine
MANJISTHAMEHA (Urobilinuria) Urine is lighter
RAKTAMEHA (HAEMETURIA) Urine is deep red

3. Vataja : Vayu, on relative diminution of other two doshas, draws on the dhatus in urinary bladder and thus causes Prameha. Prameha caused by vata and associated with pain has blackish or reddish urine. They are of four types as:

MAJJAMEHA (Albuminuria) Urine with majja
OJOMEHA (Diabetes mellitus) Urine with ojas
VASAMEHA (Lipuria) Urine with vasa
HASTIMEHA (Prostatitis) Urine with lasika

Treatment

1. DAVYVAPASRAYA

2. YUKTIVAPASRAYA

a) Ras-Rasayan

b) JADIBOOTI

c) PANCHKARMA

b) Nasya

c) Sirovasti

3. SATVAJAI
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