Dementia

=Dementia= = Dementia, though it was once regarded as a disease that cause memory loss, is now thought of as the overall decline of a persons intellectual functions, such as language, simple calculations, planning and judgment, and simple motor skills, as well as memory loss. Dementia is not necessarily one specific disease, but more a group of diseases. Genetic factions do pay a role in several different types of dementia. (Dementia =

Causes
Lewy body diseases is a commom cause in many elderly adults affected. It is caused by an abnormal protein strucure in the brain.

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 * [|Parkinson's disease]
 * [|Multiple sclerosis]
 * [|Huntington's disease]
 * [|Pick's disease]
 * [|Progressive supranuclear palsy]
 * Other infections that can affect the brain, such as [|HIV] /[|AIDS] and [|Lyme disease]

**Symptoms**


 * Early signs:**
 * Misplacing items
 * getting lost on familiar routes
 * loss of social skills
 * loss of interests
 * difficulty preforming tasks that require thought


 * Worsening sign:**
 * Forget details
 * Forget event in your own life history
 * Change in sleep patterns
 * Difficulty reading write
 * Poor judgement
 * Hallucinations
 * Delusion, depression, and agitation
 * Incontinence (inability to control bladder)

**Treatments:**
There is not cure for Dementia, however some of the causing diseases can be reversible, if caught in an early stage. In a later stage however, medications can only help temporarily relieve a person with their symptoms. A person may also have behavior training and other therapies to regain functions.

Public View:
In today's society, Dementia is seen as the "death that leaves the body behind”. The individuals effected are unable to make decisions for themselves and are only a small portion of what they once were. Most commonly, people today don't know how to handle people with Dementia, and they often take pity on them.