Alzheimer's patients in China are about 10 million, with an average of 300,000 new cases each year. Survey shows that nearly one quarter of patients will conceal or disguise the diagnosis of "dementia", mainly due to shame and discrimination; 40% of patients will be rejected in daily life; 60% of patients are diagnosed with "dementia" After that, friends who are most likely to be alienated or lose contact are friends, followed by family members.
Keeping Alzheimer patients away from the word "dementia" undoubtedly creates a great psychological comfort for them. Professor Yuan Zhong, president of the China Union Medical University Press, told reporters that calling for a name change is a positive move, and it is also a positive phenomenon. It is also a progress in social awareness. In the past, when the names of some diseases were formulated, they were not considered so comprehensive, which caused many annoyances to patients. The name "senile dementia" does cause a lot of negative imaginations, which makes it easy for patients to feel ashamed and inferior and to create obstacles for them to integrate into the surrounding society and people.
In addition to "senile dementia," Yuan Zhong pointed out that there are also several diseases whose names also cause social discrimination. For example, "allergies", some experts have advocated changing to "allergic diseases," because "metamorphism" is a very derogatory term in contemporary Chinese. Although "skin STI" is not pejorative, in China, mentioning "sex" makes it easy for people to think of moral issues. Changing these discriminating disease names can not only reduce the suffering and psychological burden of patients, but also lead people to have a correct understanding of these diseases.
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