How to Detect Dementia in its Initial Stages

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How to Detect Dementia in its Initial Stages
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Dementia can be often very hard to recognize in
its early stage simply because the symptoms vary
in people and initial signs of Dementia Yardley,
PA are not always the same. Dementia is a term
that describes a variety of symptoms that begin
to affect a persons cognitive functions
including the ability to think, remember and
reason and worsens with time which makes it very
tough to diagnose it in early stages.
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It is important to know that the early signs of
dementia are very subtle and vague and might not
be immediately obvious to people whose loved ones
are slowly losing their memory
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It has been observed that symptoms vary from
person to person but there are some early
symptoms that can make it easy for family members
to recognize if sometime is wrong and the patient
needs medical assistance
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The few early symptoms of dementia include memory
problems, particularly remembering recent events,
increasing confusion, reduced concentration,
personality or behavior changes, apathy and
withdrawal or depression and inability to do
everyday tasks properly
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If the patient shows only a few symptoms of
dementia but not all, the best thing is to
consult a doctor for complete assessment so that
things can get checked in the initial phase
before they get out of hand and become hard to
tackle
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It is necessary to know that there are other
conditions too whose symptoms are similar to
dementia such as hormonal imbalance, infection,
nutritional deficiencies and long term alcohol
consumption so it is important to take a close
look to see what the patient is going through
actually
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Detecting dementia is only possible when the
doctor will take the complete medical history of
the patient, do a complete physical examination
and laboratory tests along with cognitive testing
that assess thinking abilities, including memory,
language, attention and problem-solving
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It is important to consult the right doctor for
initial signs of dementia Yardley so that the
patient has access to the best medical attention
and supervision for treatment

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