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Those are the parts of the brain that get damaged. As a person gets older, they may develop plaques in the blood vessels supplying the brain. Strokes, aneurysms, or other ischemia could damage those areas more directly. They could have Alzheimer's and/or Parkinson's Disease. That would mean that they have amyloid plaques around their neurons or Lewey bodies inside them, and possibly that they are less able to use acetylcholine, serotonin, and/or dopamine.
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∙ 11y ago
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∙ 10y agoDementia is a disorder usually brought on by age, injury or disease. It can causes memory lapse or memory confusion of people, places, and time. Dementia changed memory but a changed memory doesn’t change Dementia.
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What is one cause of loss of memory?
One cause of loss of memory could be brain injury or trauma, which can affect the brain's ability to form or retrieve memories.
What is the difference between dementia and senility?
Senility is an old word for dementia. Only old people can be senile, but anyone can have dementia from brain damage.
What is a rhyming pair of words for a pulpy adventure?
senile dementia
What is psychosis dementia?
Dementia is a somewhat obsolescent, ( late thirties vogue) catch-all term for mental illness and means ( Out of the Mind)- lit. there was a sort of maxim or slogan: Ex Luna, Dementia, From the Moon, Dementia- or madness. The term is rarely used except for senile dementia- which refers to mental problems in the senior citizen bracket, Alzheimer"s for example. It is interesting both Senile and Dementia are Latin Based- Senile implying age, as in senior, senator- lit. Old Man! and I have already defined dementia. Dementia Praecox is an old-style term for what is now called Schizophrenia, Don"t be a Skeetz!
What is psychosis with Dementia?
Dementia is a somewhat obsolescent, ( late thirties vogue) catch-all term for mental illness and means ( Out of the Mind)- lit. there was a sort of maxim or slogan: Ex Luna, Dementia, From the Moon, Dementia- or madness. The term is rarely used except for senile dementia- which refers to mental problems in the senior citizen bracket, Alzheimer"s for example. It is interesting both Senile and Dementia are Latin Based- Senile implying age, as in senior, senator- lit. Old Man! and I have already defined dementia. Dementia Praecox is an old-style term for what is now called Schizophrenia, Don"t be a Skeetz!
why dementia hasn't affected me as a person?
why dementia hasn't affected me as a person
What are some common and obvious symptoms of senile dementia?
Common and obvious symptoms of senile dementia include memory loss, confusion, difficulty with language or communication, disorientation, and changes in mood or behavior. These symptoms often worsen over time and impact a person's ability to carry out daily tasks independently.
What is lewy dementia?
lewy is different parts of the brain which may have been affected. ie... the memory part, or speech part or co-ordination part, sum times only parts of the brain is affected in dementia,not all but sadly in many cases it is all of the brain
What type of amnesia is seen most often in people with senile dementia?
Amnesia and dementia are two different diseases. While amnesia is more often than not, temporary, dementia is a long term disease that progressively worsens.
What is a meaning of senile?
Of or pertaining to old age; proceeding from, or characteristic of, old age; affected with the infirmities of old age; as, senile weakness.
What are the meaning of senile?
Of or pertaining to old age; proceeding from, or characteristic of, old age; affected with the infirmities of old age; as, senile weakness.
What does the term dementia mean to you?
Dementia is a general term for a decline in cognitive function severe enough to interfere with daily life. It can affect memory, thinking, language, judgment, and behavior, and is often associated with aging. It is not a normal part of aging and is caused by various diseases or conditions affecting the brain.
