Dementia/ Alzheimer And Treatment - Rajahmundry

Dementia is an overarching term that refers to a range of symptoms affecting cognitive abilities, while Alzheimer's disease is a specific type of dementia characterized by progressive memory loss and cognitive decline. Other types of dementia exist, each with its own distinct causes and characteristics.

Treatment in both will depend on the cause, but it may involve medications and certain lifestyle strategies.Dementia is considered a late-life disease because it tends to develop mostly in people who are older.

About 5% to 8% of all people over the age of 65 have some form of dementia, and this number doubles every five years above that age. It’s estimated that as many as half of people 85 years of age and older have dementia.

Dementias can be divided into three groups:

Primary (diseases and conditions in which dementia is the main illness).
Secondary (dementia due to another disease or condition).
Reversible dementia-like symptoms caused by other illnesses or causes.

Contents
Overview
Symptoms and Causes
Diagnosis and Tests
Management and Treatment
Prevention
Outlook / Prognosis
Living With
Additional Common Questions
Contents
Overview
Symptoms and Causes
Diagnosis and Tests
Management and Treatment
Prevention
Outlook / Prognosis
Living With
Additional Common Questions
Overview
What is dementia?
Dementia is a description of the state of a person’s mental function and not a specific disease.

Dementia entails a decline in mental function from a previously higher level that’s severe enough to interfere with daily living. A person with dementia has two or more of these specific difficulties, including a decline in:

Memory.
Reasoning.
Language.
Coordination.
Mood.
Behavior.
Dementia develops when the parts of your brain involved with learning, memory, decision-making or language are affected by infections or diseases. The most common cause of dementia is Alzheimer’s disease.

But other known causes of dementia include:

Vascular dementia.
Dementia with Lewy bodies.
Frontotemporal dementia.
Mixed dementia.
Dementia due to Parkinson’s disease.
Dementia-like conditions due to reversible causes, such as medication side effects or thyroid problems.
What’s the difference between dementia and Alzheimer’s disease?
Dementia is a description of the state of a person’s mental function and not a specific disease. Dementia is an “umbrella category” describing mental decline that’s severe enough to interfere with daily living.