my mom was having a ct scan this morning, it reveals she has brain atropy.what causes mild brain atrophy?

Answer 1

This finding is not generally of any serious consequence. The size of the brain decreases as we age. Cerebral atrophy means that the brain is smaller than expected for age, but many "normal" people (who don't have any neurological disease or neurological symptoms) have such a finding. "Moderate to severe atrophy" can be seen in chronic neurological diseases such as Alzheimer's dementia. "Atrophy" is thus associated with memory disorders and other progressive neurologic problems.

Answer 2

Cerebral atrophy is a common feature of many of the diseases that affect the brain. atrophy of any tissue means loss of cells. In brain tissue, atrophy describes a loss of neurons and the conditions between them. Atrophy can be generalized, which means that all of the brain has shrunk; or it can be focal, affecting only a limited area of the brain.

Diseases that cause cerebral atrophy include:
Stroke and traumatic brain injury
Alzheimer's disease, Pick's disease, senile dementia, fronto-temporaldementia, and vascular dementia
Cerebral Palsy
Huntington's disease
Leukodystrophis
mitochondrial encephalomyo pathies
multiple Sclerosis
Infectious Diseases such as encepalitis, AIDS, neurosyphilis
epilepsy

Hope your mom gets better. God Bless!

Answer 3

atrophies of the brain can be due to dementia's, like alzheimer's. a person doesn't have to be old to get this. do a little research on the different kinds of dementia's and see if anything relates to your situation

Answer 4

It can just be a natural progression of aging. If she is not up in years then a neurologist would want to do further evaluation so that she can be properly treated if it is causing her problems.

Answer 5

Obesity, stroke, traumatic brain injury, Alzheimer's disease, Pick's disease, senile dementia, fronto-temporal dementia, vascular dementia, cerebral palsy, Huntington's disease, leukodystrophies, mitochondrial encephalomyopathies, multiple sclerosis, infectious diseases such as encephalitis, neurosyphilis and AIDS, HIV infection, ischemic infarcts, aging and epilepsy.

Answer 6

Body mass index is a driving force for so many of the other risk factors, such as high cholesterol, high blood pressure and adult onset diabetes

Answer 7

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Good luck with that.