Risk factors for cognitive decline
Risk Factors:
Damage to the brain
- Head injury
- Amnesia or memory disorders
- Stroke
- Frequent migraines
- Epilepsy
- Depression
- Lack of sleep
- Exposure to the neurotoxic environment (heavy industry)
- Brain tumors
Cardiovascular, metabolic and endocrine disorders
- Hypertension (high or low blood pressure)
- Diabetes
- High cholesterol
- Cardiovascular disease (cardiac arrest)
- Smoking
- Consumption of harmful substances (alcohol, drugs, etc.)
- Alzheimer's dementia
- Vascular dementia
- Dementia with Lewi's bodies
- Frontotemporal dementia
- Parkinson's disease
- Huntington's disease
Unhealthy eating habits and lifestyle with too little movement
Poor social inclusion and impaired communication
Low cognitive stimulation