Exact symptom: dementia has begun if people say this phrase

The main misconception of modern society is the perception of dementia as an inevitable companion of aging. This is fundamentally wrong. While some memory decline with age is acceptable, dementia represents a serious pathological process leading to personality disintegration. Timely identification of the first signs of the disease is critically important for starting treatment.

Dr. Olga Semyonova discussed this problem on the official portal of Academician Roitberg's clinic. According to the statistics provided, an alarming 9% of dementia cases are diagnosed in young people.

However, the disease most often manifests in elderly people. Specialists strongly recommend carefully observing the condition of older relatives to not miss the first signals of the developing disease.

In the early stages of dementia, a person begins to get confused about dates and public transport routes. A characteristic sign is placing objects in unusual places. Noticeable untidiness and rejection of anything new appears. Patients forget to turn off household appliances and utilities. Planning the day causes particular difficulty—patients lose the ability to structure a sequence of actions.

When the full clinical picture has not yet formed, a frequent phrase should alert you: "That thing, you know what I mean." Many specialists emphasize that dementia debuts precisely with a pronounced deterioration in memory. A person stops recognizing the names of loved ones and everyday objects.

Note: lacunar dementia is characterized by the loss of only short-term memory. A person forgets what they did or said, or was going to do a minute ago, but they are aware of this. Often, the lacunar form of dementia is observed in the early stage of Alzheimer's syndrome.