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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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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 are some common and obvious symptoms of senile dementia?
Common and obvious symptoms of Senile Dementia can include, but not be limited to: forgetfulness, problems eating, drinking, and/or dressing. Being bedridden, from lack of unsteadiness in walking, can also be observed in advanced stages of the disease.
What is senile dementia?
Senile dementia, often referred to as dementia in older adults, is a general term for a decline in cognitive function severe enough to interfere with daily life. It encompasses various types of dementia, including Alzheimer's disease, vascular dementia, and others, characterized by memory loss, impaired reasoning, and changes in personality or behavior. While age is a significant risk factor, dementia is not a normal part of aging and can significantly impact both the individual and their caregivers. Early diagnosis and intervention can help manage symptoms and improve quality of life.
What is a rhyming pair of words for a pulpy adventure?
senile dementia
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!
What other names are there for alzheimers?
Alzheimer's disease is sometimes referred to as "senile dementia" or "Alzheimer's dementia." It may also be categorized under the broader term "dementia," which encompasses various types of cognitive decline. In some cases, it is informally called "the long goodbye" due to the progressive nature of the disease affecting memory and identity.
why dementia hasn't affected me as a person?
why dementia hasn't affected me as a person
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 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 does the term dementia mean to you?
Dementia is an illness that consists of losing your mind, partially or completely. When it is the result of aging or Alzheimer's disease it can be called senile dementia; when it happens in younger people it can be called dementia praecox.
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
