Dementia in Alzheimers disease: Can Ginkgo help?
Ginkgo biloba could help some people with Alzheimer’s disease to perform daily tasks again. Adverse effects are not very common, but interactions with other medications cannot be ruled out. Dementia typically occurs in older age: about 1 in 20 people between the ages of 70 and 79 are affected by it (5%). This figure rises to just under 1 in 6 people between the ages of 80 and 89 (about 18%), and 1 in 3 people over the age of 90 (32%). In the most common form of dementia, Alzheimer’s disease, brain cells degenerate over time due to various processes in the brain. These processes often already start years before the first symptoms arise. Alzheimer’s disease progresses over time. At first, people who have dementia appear to be scatterbrained and forgetful. As the disease progresses, their memory becomes a lot worse, particularly their short-term memory. They start having problems with orientation in time and space and it becomes harder for them to understand processes and assess situation
