Introduction
Dementia is a group of symptoms that can be caused by brain diseases or disorders. The term is often used to describe the symptoms of mental decline that are associated with Alzheimer’s disease, but other forms of dementia exist as well. Dementia can affect your ability to remember things, plan and organize your day, make decisions, solve problems and pay attention. These symptoms can cause changes in behavior and personality as well as physical disabilities.
Dementia is a loss of memory and other intellectual abilities severe enough to interfere with daily life.
Dementia is a loss of memory and other intellectual abilities severe enough to interfere with daily life. It’s not a disease, but rather a symptom of other health problems, such as Alzheimer’s disease or stroke.
The most common symptoms include:
- Memory loss that disrupts daily life
- Difficulty performing familiar tasks at home, at work or at leisure (such as balancing a checkbook or paying bills)
- Challenges in solving problems
Dementia develops when brain cells die or are damaged by disease, injury or toxins, causing the brain to shrink.
Dementia develops when brain cells die or are damaged by disease, injury or toxins, causing the brain to shrink.
The most common form of dementia is Alzheimer’s disease; other types include frontotemporal degeneration and vascular dementia.
Alzheimer’s disease is the most common cause of dementia, accounting for up to 60 percent of cases overall and 70 percent to 80 percent of cases among people over 85 years old.
The most common form of dementia is Alzheimer’s disease, accounting for up to 60 percent of cases overall and 70 percent to 80 percent of cases among people over 85 years old.
Alzheimer’s disease causes memory loss, confusion and problems with language, judgment and thinking. As it progresses, people with this condition may become withdrawn or behave irrationally; eventually they may not be able to care for themselves at all.
The symptoms vary from person-to-person based on the stage of their illness:
Early-stage Alzheimer’s: In the early stages of Alzheimer’s disease (which generally lasts about four years), people often experience mild but noticeable changes in their memory that are noticeable only to family members or close friends who know them well enough that something seems different about them when they’re together face-to-face instead of just talking on the phone once every few days like usual; these changes might include forgetting where someone put down something during dinner prep time earlier today while everyone else remembers exactly where they put everything since nobody else uses those same dishes very often anyway so there weren’t many other options available then either way…
There are many forms of dementia
Dementia is a broad term that refers to problems with memory, thinking and behavior. There are many forms of dementia, including Alzheimer’s disease, vascular dementia and Lewy body dementia. The two most common types of dementia in older adults are Alzheimer’s disease and vascular (or multi-infarct) disease.
Vascular dementia occurs when there is damage to the blood vessels in your brain due to high blood pressure or atherosclerosis (hardening of the arteries). This type of damage can lead to stroke-like symptoms such as weakness on one side of your body; trouble walking; difficulty speaking or understanding speech; blurred vision; dizziness/loss of balance; numbness or tingling sensations anywhere in your body including arms/legs/face/mouth area
Conclusion
When it comes to dementia, there’s still much we don’t know. But what we do know is that there are many forms of this disease and they all affect people differently. The most important thing you can do is educate yourself about the symptoms so that if someone in your family starts showing them, you can get them help sooner rather than later.
