Cerebral Atrophy?

[jamesl]

What is Cerebal Atrophy and is there a cure? Is is like Alzheimer's? If anyone can give some info i would greatly appreciate it... thanks james

[flydurango]

cerebral atrophy means shinkage of the brain, 99% of the time there is nothing to cure only to help,if this is a loved one i would suggest getting them to doc asap.... could be cause by prolonged hypertension...vitamine difficiency,,,,or other things you need some test to rule these things out..ekg ,labs,mri aricept is a good drug thats out that can help if the person is experiencing mild-moderate dementia(confusion)check into it asap!!!

[gizmolove]

Cerebral Atrophy is a shrinkage of the brain.
My mother fell in a nursing home and she was exrayed for a concussion. The technician came back with the exrays and said that there was no damage except for normal atrophy
for a woman of her age. When I asked what he
was talking about, he explained that shrinkage is normal in a person in their late 70's and 80's. This accounts for the reduced cognitive ability such as memory and attention span when we get older. Just as your body shrinks when age sets in so does your brain respectfully. I had never really thought about one's brain shrinking with age; but THAT did make perfect sense.

However; that is not the same as Alzheimer's.
AZ. is where little holes (Lack of brain matter) are present in the brain and the thought waves, (generated by electrical current/impulse), are either interupted, side
tracked, or halted all together. Only a Dr. or a licensed health care specilist could tell you what would be considered a "normal" loss due to ageing (atrophy) and what would be loss atributed to a more serious cause like Alzheimer's.
Good Luch with your research.

GIZMO

[gizmolove]

Cerebral Atrophy is a shrinkage of the brain.
My mother fell in a nursing home and she was exrayed for a concussion. The technician came back with the exrays and said that there was no damage except for normal atrophy
for a woman of her age. When I asked what he
was talking about, he explained that shrinkage is normal in a person in their late 70's and 80's. This accounts for the reduced cognitive ability such as memory and attention span when we get older. Just as your body shrinks when age sets in so does your brain respectfully. I had never really thought about one's brain shrinking with age; but THAT did make perfect sense.

However; that is not the same as Alzheimer's.
AZ. is where little holes (Lack of brain matter) are present in the brain and the thought waves, (generated by electrical current/impulse), are either interupted, side
tracked, or halted all together. Only a Dr. or a licensed health care specilist could tell you what would be considered a "normal" loss due to ageing (atrophy) and what would be loss atributed to a more serious cause like Alzheimer's.
Good Luch with your research.

GIZMO