Late life cognitive disorders

Abstract

Disorders of cognitive functions, dementia are common pathological conditions in the elderly and senile age. There are 52 million people living with dementia in the world, and almost 8 million cases of the disease are newly detected every year. Today, the hypothesis of a combination of many age associated diseases and pathological conditions involved in the pathogenesis of cognitive deficits, dementia, is becoming increasingly popular. Based on the use of literature data and their own scientific and clinical experience, the authors of the article consider this variant of developing dementia in the elderly, taking into account the high frequency of developing not only Alzheimer’s disease, but also cerebrovascular, endocrine and other types of pathology. The article presents information on the classification, diagnosis, treatment of combined lesions of the central nervous system, methods of early detection of cognitive decline