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Dementia is a loss of brain function that occurs with certain diseases.
Symptoms include:
- Changed feeling (sensation) or perception
- Changed sleep patterns
- Change in sleep-wake cycle
- Insomnia
- Need for increased sleep
- Decrease in problem-solving skills and judgment
- Disorientation
- Confused about people, places, or times
- Unable to pick up cues from the environment
- Disorders of problem-solving or learning
- Trouble making calculations
- Unable to learn
- Unable to think abstractly
- Unable to think in general terms
- Impaired recognition (agnosia)
- Trouble recognizing familiar objects or people
- Trouble recognizing things through the senses
- Lack of or poor language ability (aphasia)
- Unable to form words
- Unable to name objects
- Unable to read or write
- Unable to repeat a phrase
- Unable to speak (without muscle paralysis)
- Unable to understand speech
- Have impaired language skills
- Repeat phrases
- Speak poorly (enunciation)
- Use slang or the wrong words
- Memory problems
- Unable to remember new things (short-term memory problems)
- Unable to remember the past (long-term memory problems)
- Motor system problems
- Gait changes
- Impaired skilled motor function (apraxia)
- Unable to copy geometric figures
- Unable to copy hand positions
- Unable to dress self
- Inappropriate movements
- Other motor system problems
- Seeing or hearing things that aren't there (hallucinations) and having false ideas (delusions)
- Severe confusion
- Personality changes
- Anxiety
- Decreased ability to care for oneself
- Decreased interest in daily living activities
- Depression
- Inappropriate mood or behavior
- Irritability
- No mood (flat affect)
- Not flexible
- Only concerned with self (self-centered)
- Poor temper control
- Unable to function or interact in social or personal situations
- Unable to keep a job
- Unable to make decisions
- Withdrawal from social interaction
- Unable to be spontaneous
- Unable to concentrate
Other symptoms that may occur with dementia:
- Incontinence
- Swallowing problems
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What can Dementia cause?
We do not know what causes dementia, we only know that it becomes more common as people age.
Who is soul dementia?
You know it when you feel it
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How does models of dementia care view the person with dementia?
how does models of dementia care view the person with dementia
Is dementia a noun?
Dementia is a noun
What is an example sentence with dementia?
She was suffering from dementia.
Mental decline and deterioration?
Dementia
What is worse Dementia or Alzheimer's?
Alzhiemers is a form of dementia it is progressive and fatal. There are many types of dementia.
Which types of dementia are potentially reversible?
Most dementia is incurable and irreversible. Forms of dementia that are reversible are caused by a tumor or impairment from drugs or medication.
Does Alzheimer's disease cause dementia or is it a form of dementia?
Alzheimer's is a form of dementia that specifically results in memory loss. If you'd like more information on the symptoms of dementia, as well as some options for those with dementia, please visit the link in the related links.
What are the main irreversible causes of dementia?
The three main irreversible causes are Alzheimer's disease, dementia with Lewy bodies, and multi-infarct dementia (also called vascular dementia).
Can chlamydia cause dementia?
Chlamydia doesn't cause dementia.
