Can We Fight Dementia Early?

 Early Symptoms of dementia: 

 

• 1. Subtle short-term memory changes.
• 2.Difficulty completing familiar tasks . 
• 3.Challenges in planning or solving problems. 
• 4 Being confused about time or place. 
• 5. Challenges understanding visual information. 
• 6. Problems speaking or writing. 
• 7.Withdrawal from work or social activities. 
• 8.Decreased or poor judgment.
• 9. Apathy .
• 10.Misplacing things...  

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what age do symptoms of dementia start?

Dementia is more common in people over the age of 70, but it can also touch younger people. Early onset of the disease can begin when people are in their  60s, 50s, 40s, and even 30s also! 

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Causes:

Dementia is caused by damage to brain cells, which  interferes with the ability of brain cells to communicate with each other. When brain cells cannot communicate normally, thinking, behavior and feelings can be affected.

Generally, Causes of dementia may include:

•     Depression
•     Medication side effects
•     Excess use of alcohol
•     Thyroid problems
•     Vitamin deficiencies
•     Alzheimer's disease.
•     Vascular cognitive impairment.
•     Dementia with Lewy bodies.
•     Frontotemporal dementia.
•     Parkinson's disease.
•     Huntington's disease.
•     HIV.
•     Traumatic brain injury. 

Dementia treatment and care:

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