Is Alzheimer’s Disease and Dementia the Same Thing?
What is Dementia?
Our human brain is a complex organ, it is our bodies “computer” so to speak. Dementia is a type of cognitive mental disorder which is caused by a disease of the brain, or by the disease of another body system that directly affects the brain. Dementia can also be induced by drugs, alcohol, and other toxic agents. Somebody that is affected with dementia can have many problems that is normal routine, things that many people take for granted. Dementia affects a person’s memory, recognition, and judgment, along with changes in comprehension.
In addition to diminished reasoning, dementia also brings emotional instability, depression, anxiety, and paranoia. They will go theough mood swings and they will no linger have the capabilities to control their impulses, so their behavior will change for the worse. A person suffering from dementia may become impatient and easily upset due to the mental or physical limitations they now must endure. There is a wide range of contributors to dementia they include diseases of the central nervous system, cardiovascular disease, pulmonary disease, brain tumors, and a number of other ailments. There are times that the exact cause is not known, but as the symptoms indicate that there is some mental illness, this is especially the case when all other psychiatric problems are thought of and are ruled out.
Elderly people commonly develop Alzheimer’s disease, a type of dementia. It involves the loss of regular mental capabilities such as memory, intellect, reasoning, and judgment. There may also be changes in the personality of a person affected by Alzheimer’s. Depending on the severity and type of dementia, a person could progressively become worse, may stay the same, or remit. Like the other dementia’s, Alzheimer’s is treatable on a short term basis, but it also is progressive. I sincerely hope that one day there will a cure or a way of helping our elderly citizens fight this type of dementia that seems to eat away at their independence.
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