Dementia : Symptoms, Causes and Treatment

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DEMENTIA

• Symptoms cause treatment

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INTRODUCTION TO DEMANTIA

• Dematia is a general term used for progressive
  loss of brain function that affect the ability to
  live and increase dependence
• Dematia is not part of normal ageing
• Dematia causes memory loss
• It affects thinking, speaking and making
  decisions
• It interfere with the ability to perform normal
  activities of daily living (shopping, handling
  finances, driving, personal hygiene)
• Person start behaving differently (includes
  insomnia, wandering, apathy, and aggression)
• In its final stages, dementia makes the patient
  fully dependent

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SYMPTOMS OF DEMANTIA

• Most common signs of dementia include
• Difficulty in communication or searching words
• Memory Loss
• Unable to complete tasks
• Inability to do planning and organizing
• Getting lost or issues with disorientation
• Behavioural changes
• Hallucinations
• Inability to reason

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CONTINUE- SYMPTOMS OF DEMANTIA

• Types of dementias that are irreversible 
• Alzheimer's disease
• Vascular dementia 
• Lewy body dementia 
• Frontotemporal dementia 
• Conditions linked to dementia which can be
  overturned in time 
• Infections and immune disorders 
• Metabolic issues and endocrine deformity 
• Nutritional deficiencies
• Reactions to medications 
• Poisoning 
• Brain tumours
• Anoxia 
• Normal-pressure hydrocephalus

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CAUSES OF DEMANTIA

• When an individual suffers from dementia, his/her
  nerve cells in the brain get damaged. Dementia
  affects people differently depending upon the
  affected area in the brain. Dementia can be
  grouped in two categories- 
• Which cannot be reversed and deteriorate overtime
  and 
• Which can be reversed when treated timely 
• Head Trauma
• Parkinsons
• Frontal Lobe Dematia
• Lewy Body Dematia

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TREATMENTS OF DEMANTIA

• Treatments Simple home remedies to deal with
  dementia-
• Enhance communication
• Encourage exercise
• Active participation in various games and
  thinking activities
• Encourage keeping a calendar
• Planning for the future