Dementia | Symptoms, Types, Treatment

Overview

Dementia isn't a specific disease, it is a set of symptoms causing memory loss, mental disorder and reduces an ability to judge or perform day-to-day activities. Due to the damage in the brain cells, a person can be affected by language and several behavioural issues. In some cases, it is progressive and it gradually gets complicated but fortunately, it is treatable.

In such a case, you can expect the following signs or symptoms:

• Complications while concentrating
• Loss of memory
• Confusion
• Unable to judge time and place
• Mood swings
• Unable to recognize faces and names
• Visual hallucination
• Sleep disturbance
• Mobility issues

What are the types of dementia?

Different diseases can result in different kinds of dementia. The most common types are as follows:

• Alzheimer’s disease: In most of the cases, a patient suffers from Alzheimer. It has been detected in 60 to 80 percent of situations.

• Vascular disease: It is mainly caused due to the reduction of blood flow in the brain.

• Lewy body disease: Loss of messages, delay in response and loss of memory are the major symptoms of this disease.

• Parkinson’s disease: It causes issues with reasoning and also results in increased stress, irritability or paranoia.

• Frontotemporal dementia: a patient gets affected by the changes in front and side parts of the brain. Symptoms involve severe behaviour problems.

Where to get the right treatment?

Vardaan Senior Citizen Centre is taking personalized care and providing a suitable treatment to the senior for a long time. In the increased age and especially in the male gender, dementia has been commonly observed and takes their life at a risk. The supportive staff takes a whole responsibility to cure the disease experienced by the elderly people in their sunset years. It has gained a renowned name in the dementia treatment hospital in India

How is it treated at Vardaan Senior Citizen Centre?

It is not possible to diagnose dementia performing just a single test. An entire set of tests is performed in a row to evaluate the situation. It includes:

• Examine a past medical history.
• An attentive physical exam.
• Various laboratory investigations such as a blood test.
• A study of the symptoms of dementia such as memory loss, brain function, etc.
• Discuss the family history.

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