While some diseases can be cured and be gone completely within days or months, some will stay with the patients for the rest of their time and take away their last chance of living a fulfilled life. One of those malicious terminal diseases is dementia.
2. Getting Older
Chances of contracting various
diseases increase significantly
Some diseases are easy to treat
while some are terminal
3. Dementia is a broad term to
describe brain diseases that
cause long term and gradual
deterioration of mental functions
Dementia can also damage the
nervous system affect sense
of touch
Dementia: Definition
4. Symptoms of Dementia
Symptoms of dementia vary for
each individual, include but not
limit to:
Memory problems
Communication difficulties
Struggling to perform normal
daily activities
5. Symptoms of Dementia
Symptoms’ progress rates vary
from one person to another
There are no cure available for
dementia at the moment
6. Alzheimer’s
The most common type of dementia
Makes up 60% - 70% of cases of
dementia
The cause is unclear
Common Types of Dementia
7. Lewy Body
A kind of dementia closely
correlated with Parkinson disease
The cause is not yet understood
Common Types of Dementia
8. Vascular Dementia
The second most common form
of dementia
Caused by a shortage of blood
to the brain, which stemmed
from a series of minor strokes
Common Types of Dementia
9. Frontotemporal Dementia
Caused by atrophy in the
frontal lobe of the brain
Results in progressive neuronal
loss in the frontal and/or
temporal lobes
Common Types of Dementia
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