dementia

DEMENTIA• Submitted To

Mrs. GULBADAMA

• Submitted By

• AINA MARZIYYAH

WHAT IS DEMENTIA?IT IS A SERIOUS LOSS OF GLOBAL COGNITIVE ABILITY.DEMENTIA IS MORE COMMON IS GERIATRIC POPULATION IT CAN OCCUR BEFORE THE AGE OF 65 IN WHICH CASE IT IS TERMED AS. “EARLY ONSET DEMENTIA”

• Cognitive dysfunction of shorter duration is called delirium

• Especially in later stages of the condition, patients may be disoriented in time, in place and in person

SINGS & SYMPTOMS

IT IS NOT MERELY A PROBLEM OF MEMORY IT REDUCES THE ABILITY TO LEARN, REASON, RETAIN OR RECALL PAST EXPERIENCES AND THERE IS ALSO LOSS OF PATTERNS OF THOUGHTS, FEELINGS & ACTIVITIES MENTAL AND BEHAVIOURAL PROBLEMS MAY AFFECT QUALITY OF LIFE & CARE GIVES

INDIVIDUALS MAY NEGLECT THEMSELVES AND MAY BECOME INCONTINENT BEHAVIOURS MAY BE DISORGANISED RESTLESS AND INAPPROPRIATE. IT SUFFERS THEIR RELATIVES, IMMEDIATE FAMILY

 CAUSES

TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY CAN CAUSE GENERALIZED DAMAGE TO TRUE WHITE MATTER OF BRAIN.TEMPORARY REDUCTION IN BLOOD OR OXYGEN SUPPLY MAY LEAD TO HYPOXIC ISCHEMIC INJURY CAUSES OF DEMENTIA DEPEND ON AGE AT WHICH SYMPTOMS BEGIN

MAJORITY OF DEMENTIA CASES ARE CAUSED BY ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE VASCULAR DEMENTIA OR BOTH.

VITAMIN DEFICIENCIES AND CHRONIC INFECTION MAY ALSO OCCUR AT ANY AGE, THEY USUALLY CAUSE OTHER SYMPTOMS BEFORE DEMENTIA OCCURS

PREVENTION

MANY PRECAUTION MEASURE HAVE BEEN PROPOSED INCLUDING BOTH LIFESTYLE CHANGES AND MEDICATION ALTHOUGH NONE HAS BEEN RELIABLY SHOWN TO BE EFFECTIVE

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