Sunday, March 24, 2013

Dementia and Homeopathy

Dementia is a physical illness of the brain, usually after 60 years of age. It is a decline in brain functions  which include memory, language, learning, comprehension, judgement, movement etc. Finally, it impairs one's ability to function normally in life. It puts a huge burden on health care delivery systems.  Millions of people get affected from this illness every year throughout the world. It has got great social and economic implications. There are several risk factors for dementia. Prominent among these include advanced age, family history, smoking, alcohol abuse, stroke, cholesterol, atherosclerosis, traumatic  brain injury, diabetes, Alzheimer's, Down syndrome etc. Homeopathy medicines, particularly the causative, symptomatic, immunity-enhancing, constitutional and miasmatic medicines  halt  deterioration, improve brain functions and also reverse the process in many dementia cases. In general, Kali phos is one one of the effective remedies based on symptoms.

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