8 facts to help evaluate the post-holiday syndrome: the pseudo-dementia or dementia
Irvine, CA (openPR) 12 December 2006
The holiday season often brings family members and often provides an opportunity for them to see changes in another. The most common observation is that an aging family member appears depressed or more forgetful. Medical Care Corporation, the leading provider of technology assessment of memory, offers the following facts about memory loss, dementia and depression to help clarify what could be a significant change:
1 Memory loss and dementia by many conditions, including depression caused.
2 Loss of short-term memory and inability to be stored for newly acquired information, the early symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease.
3 The diagnosis of depressive disorders requires that patients have persistent symptoms associated with depression experience at least several weeks.
4 Depression can be a consequence or cause of dementia. The presence of depression do not exclude coexisting memory impairment
5 Memory loss in Alzheimer’s disease is a disorder of the store capacity, new information. Therefore, comments or suggestions do not help Alzheimer’s patients recall recently learned information.
6 People with memory loss due to depression in a position information, at least in part, newly acquired business, the disabled, but the ability to recover after a delay of several minutes. However, if evidence made available, they are experienced in general in a position recently re-use information.
7th Alzheimer’s patients are often unaware, at least part of their deficits, and often say they have no problem or overestimate their abilities.
8th People with depression are often very aware of their deficits, and often underestimate their abilities.
About Medical Care Corporation
Medical Care Corporation specializes in the development of medical technologies that can provide improved levels of health care in the field of dementia. Electronic Medical Care Corporation dementia System collects, organizes, and synthesizes patient information and treatment so that care providers are equipped to provide care at the highest level. MCI company, the screen is 97.3% accurate in distinguishing between a pre-dementia stage called mild cognitive impairment (MCI) from normal aging. The company is also a leader in communicating the value of prevention and early detection for patients and carers . www.mccare.com available, educational information and a video memory for patients and relatives at:: on their site and course materials information for carers is available at www.preventad.com
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