What is Dementia?
A group of Symptoms caused by an underlying medical condition that impairs intellectual function and interferes with normal activities.
List of functions that can be impaired
DEMENTIA IS A NON-SPECIFIC DISEASE AND IS IRREVERSIBLE
Small List of Specific Types of Dementia
List of functions that can be impaired
- Memory
- Cognition (thinking, planning, reasoning, etc)
- Behavior (mood or personality changes)
- Physical Function
DEMENTIA IS A NON-SPECIFIC DISEASE AND IS IRREVERSIBLE
Small List of Specific Types of Dementia
- Alzheimer's Disease
- Lewy body Dementia
- Vascular Dementia
- Mixed Dementia (2 or more types of Dementia)
- Frontotemporal Dementia
- Huntington's Disease
- Parkinson's
- Jakob Disease- Creutzfeldt
- Depression
- Reactions to Medications
- Endocrine Abnormalities
- Nutritional Deficiencies
- Infections (urinary track infections are the most common)
- Brain Tumors