Name: Dementia: Causes, Symptoms and Treatment.
Uploaded: 2025-04-18T23:57:15.000Z
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Today's topic is, dementia, causes, symptoms, and treatment.

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Dementia is a condition that is described as a decrease in brain function.

To have dementia, your brain function needs to become deficient in at least two areas.

The facets of brain activity that may be affected by dementia are thinking memory, judgment, behavior, and language.

Besides this, dementia is not a disease, but a condition caused by another illness or injury.

Some types of dementia are progressive and can get worse over time.

The condition can result in mild to severe mental impairment.

However, some types are treatable or reversible if you get the right kind of medical help early.

Here's everything you need to know about dementia.

Causes, dementia occurs due to the degeneration of neurons in the brain.

Neurons are cells that carry messages from the brain and spinal cord in the form of impulses.

The degeneration can occur due to several reasons, including diseases such as Alzheimer's.

Neurodegenerative diseases responsible for dementia include.

One, Parkinson's, two, Alzheimer's, three, damage caused by chronic alcoholism, four, vascular dementia.

Six, infections of the brain, seven, tumors inside the brain.

One, metabolic disorders such as vitamin B12 deficiency, hypothyroidism, and liver disorders.

Two, structural brain disorders such as subdural hematoma.

Symptoms, symptoms of dementia depend on the stage you are experiencing.

Mild dementia symptoms include, one, personality changes, two, feeling angry frequently, three, depression, four, short-term memory lapses, five, forgetfulness, six, difficulty in problem solving.

Seven, struggling to express ideas or emotions.

Moderate dementia symptoms are more serious and might require help from others to deal with.

Two, significant personality and mood changes.

Four, increased frustration and confusion.

Five, inability to perform simple tasks such as bathing.

Mental faculties continue to decline in severe dementia, leading to symptoms such as.

Two, inability to perform regular bodily functions.

Four, requiring help for all kinds of daily activities.

Treatment, treating dementia typically means making symptoms easier to live with by making them less harmful.

Dementia treatment is not designed as a cure but as a way of managing the condition.

Medication such as memantine and cholinesterase inhibitors are common in Alzheimer's treatment.

They help patients slow down the progression of the disease and maintain mental function for a while longer.

Other treatments include changing your lifestyle to better manage dementia.

You can reduce clutter in your environment to improve focus.

Modify common tasks into something more manageable.

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