“Clinical Study of Memory Disorders in Aging Patients withAssociated Cardiovascular, Neurological, Neurobehavioral andMetabolic Diseases”. A Review

Authors

  • Carmen Carrero González Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud. Universidad Simón Bolívar. Barranquilla, Colombia Author
  • Castejón OJ Instituto de Investigaciones Biológicas “Drs. Orlando Castejón and Haydee Viloria de Castejón Author
  • Judith Cristina Martínez Royert Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud. Universidad Simón Bolívar. Barranquilla, Colombia Author
  • Galindez P Instituto de Neurociencias Clínicas, Fundación Castejón, Hogar Clínica San Rafael. Maracaibo, Venezuela Author
  • Salones de Castejón M Instituto de Neurociencias Clínicas, Fundación Castejón, Hogar Clínica San Rafael. Maracaibo, Venezuela Author
  • Sierra-Carrero Leandro Luis Department of Medicine, Health Sciences Division, Universidad del Norte and Hospital Universidad del Norte, Barranquilla, Colombia Author
  • Silvia Juliana Prada Soto Fundacion Universitaria San Martin, Colombia Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.47363/JCCSR/2021(3)167

Keywords:

Memory, Aging Patients, Cardiovascular, Neurological, Neurobehavioral and Metabolic Diseases

Abstract

We have observed semantic memory and episodic memory disorders (100%) in patients ranging from 40 to 92 years-old, associated to cardiovascular diseases and blood hypertension (82%), sleep disorders (50%), neurobehavioral disorders (44%), such as depression, anxiety, aggression, and vascular demencia, disorders of language (36%), neurosensory disorders (28%), as diminution of visual and hearing acuity, dizziness (26%), Parkinson disease (34%), Alzheimer disease (21%), gait disturbances (10%), vertigo (10%), cervicalgia and cervicogenic headache (10%) trigeminal neuralgia (2%,), We observed as comorbidities the following non-nervous diseases: metabolic diseases as diabetes (21%) and hypothyroidism (5%), gastrointestinal pathology (21%), such as constipation, loss of sphincter control, and gastritis, arthritis (13%), prostatic hypertrophy (1%) and loss of weight (1%). We consider that according to their high frequency the most risk factors associated to memory disorders are cardiovascular diseases and blood hypertension (82%), sleep disorders (50%), neurobehavioral disorders (44%), such as depression, anxiety, aggression, and vascular demencia, disorders of language (36%), neurosensory disorders (28%), as diminution of visual and hearing acuity, dizziness (26%), and Parkinson disease (34%).

Author Biographies

  • Carmen Carrero González, Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud. Universidad Simón Bolívar. Barranquilla, Colombia

    Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud. Universidad Simón Bolívar. Barranquilla, Colombia

  • Castejón OJ, Instituto de Investigaciones Biológicas “Drs. Orlando Castejón and Haydee Viloria de Castejón

    Instituto de Investigaciones Biológicas “Drs. Orlando Castejón and Haydee Viloria de Castejón  

  • Judith Cristina Martínez Royert, Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud. Universidad Simón Bolívar. Barranquilla, Colombia

    Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud. Universidad Simón Bolívar. Barranquilla, Colombia

  • Galindez P, Instituto de Neurociencias Clínicas, Fundación Castejón, Hogar Clínica San Rafael. Maracaibo, Venezuela

    Instituto de Neurociencias Clínicas, Fundación Castejón, Hogar Clínica San Rafael. Maracaibo, Venezuela

  • Salones de Castejón M, Instituto de Neurociencias Clínicas, Fundación Castejón, Hogar Clínica San Rafael. Maracaibo, Venezuela

    Instituto de Neurociencias Clínicas, Fundación Castejón, Hogar Clínica San Rafael. Maracaibo, Venezuela

  • Sierra-Carrero Leandro Luis, Department of Medicine, Health Sciences Division, Universidad del Norte and Hospital Universidad del Norte, Barranquilla, Colombia

    Department of Medicine, Health Sciences Division, Universidad del Norte and Hospital Universidad del Norte, Barranquilla, Colombia

  • Silvia Juliana Prada Soto, Fundacion Universitaria San Martin, Colombia

    Fundacion Universitaria San Martin, Colombia

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Published

2021-03-18