ST. LOUIS - worried that half an hour before finding your reading glasses or car keys has sought? Concerned that lasted a few minutes to remember the name of the famous looking woman who says hello to you in the restaurant?
You probably do not have much to worry about, said George Grossberg, MD, an internationally recognized Alzheimer's disease and director of geriatric psychiatry at the Medical Faculty of the University of St. Louis researchers. How boring it may be "the tip of the tongue" temporary forgetfulness is one of the changes that occur as we age.
"We tend to things that are not to slide important for us," says Dr. Grossberg. "We forget this time and it is frustrating. But if the information to us later if you really think about it, we have a little annoying problem that is particularly acute.
"But if the information is relevant, is not there for us whenever we want, and not to us, is a serious problem. A person with Alzheimer's disease and cheats on his reading glasses, probably will not remember that you must see. You is familiar with the man next to her familiar, but I do not remember, is his son and his name is Mark. "
Sometimes, people are forgetful, because they are in sensory overload.
"In our society, we are all in the chronic overload we are multi-tasking systems -. Discuss go in our cell phones, pagers, to play, to walk into a store to buy it," he said. "It's going very easy for things lost in the shuffle., This is not Alzheimer's disease."
So how do you know if you have a serious problem, and is there anything you can do to strengthen your memory? Dr. Grossberg offers this recipe for Brain Health:
Try to understand what is the cause of your memory loss. Have you made a wrong turn on the wheel while talking on a cell phone and listen to the radio? You might try to do too many things at once and need to turn the phone on or off the air.
* Train your body. In addition to improving cardiovascular health, exercise increases endorphins its "welfare" that improves your mood and prevent depression. The causes of depression and cognitive impairment is a risk factor for Alzheimer's disease.
* Train your mind. Research shows mental challenge can help restore the connections in the brain to increase the activity and make it more resistant to disease. How to find a new hobby, learn to play chess with your left hand if you are right handed, or rakes study a foreign language.
* Take care. Control of risk factors for cardiovascular diseases such as hypertension, smoking, high cholesterol and obesity can reduce the risk of Alzheimer's.
* Get a good night's sleep. Not enough deep, restful sleep causes cognitive impairment in adulthood. Also, if you are not sleeping, you do not think clearly and are more likely to forget now. Find out why you can not sleep if there is a problem.
* Pull your brain. Some studies show antioxidant vitamins are empowered to protect against Alzheimer's disease. B vitamins, in particular vitamin B12, folic acid and are important for the functioning of the brain cells. Take a supplement if necessary.
* Check your medications. Sometimes medications - prescription and over-the-counter medications - can cause problems with concentration or memory cause, you should discuss with your doctor.
Dr. Grossberg says, the key is whether you should be about his lack of memory, like them. Influence on the functioning of "The time to worry is to do when you are experiencing changes affect their ability to perform daily work., If forgetting is that the frequency and strength that will interfere with their ability to do their work, for example, consider a consult a doctor. "
- School of Medicine at the University of St. Louis
Articles in Science of Mental Health written by the originating institution. This article was written to Newswise.
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