China News Service, Guangzhou, September 21 (Cai Minjie, Zhang Siyan) September 21 is World Alzheimer's Day, and the fifth national summit forum on the prevention and treatment of Alzheimer's disease was held in Guangzhou.
Professor Pi Rongbiao of Sun Yat-sen University stated at the meeting that the current clinical anti-Alzheimer's disease drugs can only improve symptoms, but cannot cure the disease.
Multi-target drug therapy has become a hot field in the treatment of Alzheimer's disease.
Alzheimer's disease is a progressively developing neurodegenerative disease with insidious onset. The clinical manifestations include cognitive decline, behavioral disorders, and decreased living ability.
At present, there are about 10 million people with Alzheimer's disease in China. Compared with the large number of patients, the public awareness is low, the lack of innovative and effective treatment methods, and the cost of family and social care are high. It is Alzheimer's disease in China. Current status of prevention and treatment.
At the forum, the participating experts gave academic reports on the research progress of Alzheimer's disease, the risk of depression and dementia under the new crown epidemic (post) and the discussion of Chinese medicine coping strategies, and the new progress of anti-Alzheimer's disease drug research.
Liu Jun, Professor of Geriatric Neurodegeneration, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, introduced that the combination of prevention and treatment of Alzheimer's disease is the key, and the incidence of dementia can be reduced by improving lifestyle.
According to Pi Rong, Alzheimer's disease is a multifactorial disease involving multiple cell signaling pathways, and the interconnection between these signaling pathways is essential for finding suitable drug targets.
At present, Fufang Danshen Tablets is a classic variety for the treatment of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases.
Patients with Alzheimer's disease are among the people most severely affected by the new crown pneumonia epidemic.
Chen Gang, director of the Interdisciplinary Institute of Individualized Prevention and Treatment of Encephalopathy at Jinan University, said that as many as 2/3 of the cognitively impaired people showed cognitive decline during the closure and restriction measures during the new crown epidemic, and a quarter showed a severe decline.
Chen Gang said that depression is an important source of Alzheimer's disease, and dementia can be prevented from anti-depressant.
Regarding the care of elderly people with Alzheimer’s disease, Sun Binggang, executive vice president and secretary-general of Guangdong Academy of Precision Medicine Application, said that caring for elderly people with Alzheimer’s disease is a responsibility. It is recommended to establish an Alzheimer’s disease from home, community to professional institutions. The long-term care service model for patients with Zheimer's disease can improve the quality of life of patients with Alzheimer's disease and reduce the corresponding care costs for families.
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