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Dementia : Symptoms, Causes and Treatment
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Dementia is a broad term which describes symptoms affecting memory, thinking ability that creates hindrance in performing daily activities. Two important brain functions are badly hit namely- memory and judgement. – PowerPoint PPT presentation
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Title: Dementia : Symptoms, Causes and Treatment
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DEMENTIA
- Symptoms cause treatment
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INTRODUCTION TO DEMANTIA
- Dematia is a general term used for progressive
loss of brain function that affect the ability to
live and increase dependence - Dematia is not part of normal ageing
- Dematia causes memory loss
- It affects thinking, speaking and making
decisions - It interfere with the ability to perform normal
activities of daily living (shopping, handling
finances, driving, personal hygiene) - Person start behaving differently (includes
insomnia, wandering, apathy, and aggression) - In its final stages, dementia makes the patient
fully dependent
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SYMPTOMS OF DEMANTIA
- Most common signs of dementia include
- Difficulty in communication or searching words
- Memory Loss
- Unable to complete tasks
- Inability to do planning and organizing
- Getting lost or issues with disorientation
- Behavioural changes
- Hallucinations
- Inability to reason
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CONTINUE- SYMPTOMS OF DEMANTIA
- Types of dementias that are irreversible
- Alzheimer's disease
- Vascular dementia
- Lewy body dementia
- Frontotemporal dementia
- Conditions linked to dementia which can be
overturned in time - Infections and immune disorders
- Metabolic issues and endocrine deformity
- Nutritional deficiencies
- Reactions to medications
- Poisoning
- Brain tumours
- Anoxia
- Normal-pressure hydrocephalus
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CAUSES OF DEMANTIA
- When an individual suffers from dementia, his/her
nerve cells in the brain get damaged. Dementia
affects people differently depending upon the
affected area in the brain. Dementia can be
grouped in two categories- - Which cannot be reversed and deteriorate overtime
and - Which can be reversed when treated timely
- Head Trauma
- Parkinsons
- Frontal Lobe Dematia
- Lewy Body Dematia
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TREATMENTS OF DEMANTIA
- Treatments Simple home remedies to deal with
dementia- - Enhance communication
- Encourage exercise
- Active participation in various games and
thinking activities - Encourage keeping a calendar
- Planning for the future
