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Alzheimer’s is not the only explanation of dementia. Other causes are vascular dementia, stroke, Lewy body disease, Parkinson’s, frontotemporal dementia and other diseases. A correct diagnosis to treatment.

Dementia is not a disease but a symptom. The term refers to a loss of brain function, memory loss, impaired decision shows changes in behavior, learning difficulties and communication problems. One in seven Americans over 70 years, a form of dementia, according to 2007 data from the nationally representative Health and Retirement Study – is similar but not all dementia. It is caused by a variety of diseases, some of which can be treated.

The number p ‘thing to do, when to show the loss of memory of someone or other mental or behavioral changes to ensure that the person is given a thorough medical examination, is.

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for most cases of dementia – 69.9 percent. In fact, more time, the more likely it is that the problem is related to Alzheimer’s disease: Alzheimer’s share of almost 80 percent of dementia in older people 90 years or more, compared to only 46.7 percent in the age group 70

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other diseases, disorders and diseases like symptoms and can be managed in different ways. Unlike Alzheimer’s disease, some of these other forms of dementia are reversible.

Note: Early memory problems are not always considered dementia. When they come on memory tests, but not significantly on daily life may reflect a lower state mental retardation as mild cognitive impairment (MCI) is known.

What it is: Vascular dementia, 17.4 percent of all dementia cases. It occurs when a stroke with the blood flow to the brain interferes. Usually, the perpetrators several small strokes (infarcts) are caused by blood clots or thick or rupture of small arteries, causing connect the center of the brain related. (This is called vascular dementia). It can also be a blow (that would be referred to post-stroke dementia) are caused. can Vascular dementia Alzheimer’s disease because it is also memory problems, confusion, disorientation and directions hard to follow:

How to compare the symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease. Thinking in this state, but because events from day to day (episodic memory) is impaired, but recognition – humans, for example – does not work. Alzheimer’s disease usually affects both.

In contrast to Alzheimer’s disease, vascular dementia often begin suddenly. Memory loss can lead to hallucinations, agitation, withdrawal, or progress. The symptoms may worsen significantly after each race time to time.

other signs of stroke are observed, such as speech, vertigo, blurred or loss of coordination, or weakness on one side of the body (face or limbs). These characters may not be visible in very small structures. Some people have both Alzheimer’s and vascular dementia.

How it is diagnosed and treated: It is relatively easy for a doctor to determine if the dementia has cause a stroke. MRI or CT scan will show evidence of a stroke. History of cardiovascular or stroke, as well as smoking, high cholesterol, high blood pressure and diabetes are important risk factors. The treatment of these factors, the progression of symptoms of dementia.

There are no drugs approved for vascular dementia, while those used for Alzheimer’s disease sometimes prescribed to alleviate the cognitive symptoms, with mixed results. In 2006, donepezil (Aricept) to 11 deaths in a clinical trial evaluating the use of vascular dementia, are against none in the control group.

What it is: The Lewy body disease occurs when deposits of proteins in the brain called Lewy bodies (named Friederich Lewy Who Discovered in the 1900s) to the normal cognitive function obstacle. Some researchers consider DLB the second most common form of dementia, accounting for up to 20 percent of cases. Others believe that DLB may be a subtype of Alzheimer’s disease are not as a disease. can The symptoms of both confusion, difficulty concentrating, memory problems, and some contain:

How to compare the symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease. Hallucinations tend to be more frequent. Such as Alzheimer’s disease, DLB is progressive. People with Alzheimer’s disease have good days and bad days, but people with DLB may often (or even an hour to switch to another -. And these changes seem quite extreme

REM sleep behavior disorder movements, gestures and speeches causes during sleep, and confusion upon waking, is often an early sign of

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people with DLB also experience mobility problems, similar to those of Parkinson’s disease are. These movements are slow, inflexible and fragile balance of difficulty, and a shuffling gait

How it is diagnosed and treated. A full medical examination to identify symptoms of DLB and eliminate other possible causes of Alzheimer’s disease, presence of can. Dementia with Lewy bodies can be confirmed by autopsy.

No drugs are for DLB. Alzheimer’s drugs are approved is sometimes given, or in case of traffic problems, medications for the treatment of Parkinson’s disease further treatment is similar to Alzheimer’s disease

What it is .. Approximately 1 to 5 people with Parkinson’s disease develop dementia due to bodies in the brainstem and the brain, the Lewy onset of Parkinson’s. disease itself relates to damage to nerve cells that control muscle movement.

How to compare the symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease. The symptoms of Parkinson’s disease diagnosed in general first, because dementia develops in the later stages of Parkinson’s disease dementia is generally not involved in problems of language

How it is diagnosed and treated. If someone with dementia occurs in Parkinson’s disease, medical history, physical examination, neurological examination and can be used other possible causes .. to eliminate There are no medications for the treatment of dementia in Parkinson’s disease admitted, but symptoms may occur as part of comprehensive therapy to be administered to manage the impact of the disease

What it is: . Frontotemporal dementia with rare diseases or disorders, the frontal lobe or anterior temporal lobe is associated with influence of the brain Pick’s disease is an example. Pick containing abnormal deposits of tau protein in the brain (called Pick bodies). The damage to the frontal lobes and temporal effects of personality, memory and behavior

How to Compare the symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease. Frontotemporal dementia is impaired judgment, personality changes, mood swings, language problems are connected, and let the interest has activities that were once loved. Symptoms can occur suddenly.

Although Frontotemporal dementia a progressive disease, personality and behavior problems tend to come early, while the disorientation (getting lost) tends to appear later. (It is normally Alzheimer’s disease reversed.) semantic memory (memory of words and objects) is more affected than episodic (on time) of memory.

How it is diagnosed and treated. In addition to the results of a complete medical examination, a brain scan may be signs of show atrophy (deterioration) of the frontal or temporal lobes There is no treatment available medical, emphasis is placed on symptom management for a better quality of life

what it is. This deadly disease is caused by genetic disorder that destroys nerve cells in the brain and reduces the levels of neurotransmitters. mental, emotional and behavioral problems decrease. follow

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victims were born with a defective gene, they generally are not symptoms to medium … age if a parent, the defective gene, there is a 50-percent chance that the child inherited the gene Around 30,000 Americans HD

How have the symptoms compare Alzheimer’s: Common symptoms include personality changes , mood swings, disorientation and respect and sentence can be altered in disease onset, while memory loss occurs. later.

Parkinson’s disease, a person with Huntington’s disease has involuntary movements appear jerky, awkward or irregular. They appear restless. Finally they lose the ability to speak, go and swallow

How it is diagnosed and treated: diagnosis can .. Huntington’s disease through a blood test for the genetic defect will be no medical treatment or cure thus focuses treatment to improve the quality of life.

Sometimes a viral or bacterial infection that enters the brain can cause dementia. For example, if HIV develops into AIDS, it can cause a person to problems with memory and concentration determine loss of motivation of experience, and had the interest in things that were previously known. The presence of AIDS symptoms help from others with HIV (blood) test whether a doctor is HIV-associated dementia

Creutzfeldt- Jakob disease is another example, it is very rare -.. one case per million people per year. (mad cow disease is a form.) Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease that is caused by the transmission of prions (infectious proteins). of infecting prions and destroy the nerve cells to brain. Unlike dementia by Alzheimer’s, memory loss and behavior changes by the progress of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease causes very fast.

A doctor can diagnose causes Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease by history, neurological examination, electroencephalogram (EEG, the electrical activity monitored in the brain), a brain scan (MRI may be particularly useful), and an analysis of cerebrospinal fluid (lumbar puncture). Only an autopsy can definitely confirm the diagnosis, the destruction of brain cells through holes in the brain

Rare certain conditions cause dementia are partially or completely reversible addition:..

A tumor cerveauhydrocéphalie atmospheric pressure (an accumulation of fluid in the brain irregular), this type of hydrocephalus mostly people over. 65.Une head injury that hydrocephalus or a subdural hematoma, which is a collection of blood under the lining of the brain tujo thyroid disease or other metabolic or endocrine

, as are the causes diagnosed and treated. tumors hydrocephalus, subdural hematomas can be identified and diagnosed by history and a brain scan, the thyroid and other endocrine and metabolic disorders can be determined by laboratory tests blood and urine. About 1 in 10 cases of dementia of unknown cause.

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