The article offers information on early dementia which include its diagnosis, preventive measures, and treatment. Topics include the two types of mild cognitive impairment (MCI), the factors being considered by doctors in MCI diagnosis such as patient's medical history, lack of sleep, and thinking...
Signs may be vague, but may include loss of memory (particularly for recent events), confusion, apathy, withdrawal and the loss of ability to do everyday tasks. Other conditions have symptoms similar to dementia. A doctor may use six broad types of medical assessment to help to confirm or ...
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Help-seeking in relation to signs of dementia: A pilot study to evaluate the utility of the common-sense model of illness representations Despite the importance of early diagnosis of dementia, little is known about the factors underlying help-seeking in relation to signs of the condition. In ....
Cambridge scientists have shown that it is possible to spot signs of brain impairment in patients as early as nine years before they receive a diagnosis for one of a number of dementia-related diseases. In research published today inAlzheimers & Dementia, the team analyzed data from the UK Bio...
Mood swings and changes can also be associated with dementia. However, it is not always easy to pin-point this particular aspect of dementia if you go through it. You might be able to recognize this sign in someone else.Depressionis among the common signs of dementia. ...
The article presents an overview of assessments used in the diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease, vascular dementia, dementia with Lewy bodies, and rare dementias. Signs and symptoms of the types of dementia are also explained. Assessments of cognitive function and the specialist servic...
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The present study is aimed to explore calculation in a group of eight patients affected by early semantic dementia (SD) using a neuropsychological battery devised to examine arithmetic knowledge (arithmetic signs recognition, arithmetic facts and written and mental calculation). These SD patients showed...
mixed dementia, or a combination of types There are 10 typical early signs of dementia. For a person to receive a diagnosis, they would usually experience two or more of these symptoms, and the symptoms would be severe enough to interfere with their daily life. ...