Dementia

Dementia can be a terrifying diagnosis and something many who are aging fear. Here I want to lay some groundwork for basic information and relate further resources.

Alzheimer's Association is a non-profit that has a lot of great information.

Another great resource is the National Institute on Aging

As mentioned before in other blogs by this writer. The brain is an organ in the body, and just like your knee joints, stomach, and eyesight, it can start to experience the effects of time. Dementia, however, is more than just the effects of time. Dementia implies a disease process.

The most common types of dementia: *study

Alzheimers type: 42 % of all cases

Vasculature type: 23 % of all cases

Mixed Alzheimer vasculature type: 21.6%

Other types of dementia below made up some of the remaining 8.8%

Parkinsons type:

Frontotemporal type:

Lewy Body type:

Alcohol or drug-related dementia.

Disease prevention and disease reversal are topics of interest in this field, as is genetics. Disease prevention includes a health diet, exercise, potentially medication, or other. Disease modification include some of the more commonly prescribed medications for these conditions.