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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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