Lewy body dementia (LBD) is a disease associated with abnormal deposits of a protein called alpha-syncline in the brain. These deposits, called Lewy bodies, affect chemicals in the brain whose changes, in turn, can lead to problems with thinking, movement, behavior, and mood. Lewy body dementia is one of the most common causes of dementia.
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Vascular dementia is a general term describing problems with reasoning, planning, judgment, memory and other thought processes caused by brain damage from impaired blood flow to your brain. You can develop vascular dementia after a stroke blocks an artery in your brain, but strokes don’t always cause vascular dementia.
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Dementia is a broad category of brain diseases that cause a long-term and often gradual decrease in the ability to think and remember, that is great enough to affect a person’s daily functioning. Alzheimer’s disease is the most common type of dementia, accounting for 60-80% of cases.Common symptoms of dementia include memory loss, difficulty communicating,
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Dementia is not a normal part of aging. It includes the loss of cognitive functioning — thinking, remembering, learning, and reasoning — and behavioral abilities to the extent that it interferes with a person’s quality of life and activities. Memory loss, though common, is not the only sign of dementia. As we age, our cognitive
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