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Germaphobia and Extreme forgetfulness
My Grandmother is a huge germaphobe which makes her wash her hands every second she sees a basin and she always washes herself from hip to leg which causes these patchy red skin all over her body (she exessevively cleans her whole body too)which she sometimes plucks of and lightly starts bleeding she almost forgets everything like who is who,forgot how to make food, doesn't pay attention to one thing at a time and talks without thinking. This has been going on for many years, it doesn't matter how many times we advise her but she is still not listening. She doesn't care about anything but keeping her self clean. If it was a female dr. I would send the photos to her.
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This may be there till her last breath. I would suggest you to apply coconut oil when she is sleeping everyday in the night.
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Hi, I believe that considering the age factor it would be difficult to change her behaviour and it won’t come easy. There is anti anxiety medication which will work well to help control her phobias. However, her irrelevant speech and flight of ideas do suggest that she could be going through an early dementia. I would suggest that along with a psychiatrist, you should also get her examined by a neurophysician.
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It seems that she is having extreme anxiety issues which are regarding some fears in her mind and due to avoiding that, she has taken to over cleaning to the point of being obsessive
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Please consult a good psychiatrist who can help to ease the problems. Also, work with a psychotherapist who can help her with her underlying problems
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Along with medication, she can be guided to keep a stipulated time when she must do her cleaning ritual. Maybe, keep it to 2pm everyday ( and to delay the process of cleaning to a fixed time everyday)
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