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General Category => Health/Education => Topic started by: rangerrebew on December 30, 2016, 03:48:59 pm
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What Different Types of Dementia Are There?
Written by Rachel Nall RN, BSN, CCRNReviewed by Timothy J. Legg, PMHNP-BC, GNP-BC, CARN-AP, MCHES
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Last reviewed: Tue 27 December 2016
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Dementia refers to a range of disorders that affect the brain. People with dementia typically have problems with thinking, reasoning, and problem solving.
Dementia can have a severe effect on memory, and some of its varieties can also lead to physical disabilities such as Parkinson's disease.
Metabolic conditions, endocrine issues, nutritional deficiencies, and infections are some of the causes of different types of dementia.
While older people are more likely to experience dementia, it is not part of the ageing process and can affect younger people too.
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/314850.php