1 / 9

Dementia

Dementia . By: Kailie Glanovsky. What is it?. It affects: Memory Thinking language judgment behavior Many people with this disease feel alone. Causes. What can lead to dementia: Parkinson’s disease Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Huntington’s disease Progressive super nuclear palsy.

tuwa
Download Presentation

Dementia

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Dementia By: Kailie Glanovsky

  2. What is it? • It affects: • Memory • Thinking • language • judgment • behavior • Many people with this disease feel alone

  3. Causes What can lead to dementia: • Parkinson’s disease • Multiple Sclerosis (MS) • Huntington’s disease • Progressive super nuclear palsy

  4. Treatment • Some causes can be revered or stopped if found soon enough. • Brain tumors • Metabolic causes • Chronic alcohol abuse • Psychotherapy or group therapy usually does not help because it may cause confusion

  5. Types of Dementia • Alzheimer’s disease: over time more brain cells fail and slowly you will decline mentally. • vascular dementia (multi-infract dementia) : Lots of tiny strokes occurs which cuts off blood supply to parts of the brain. Good control of blood pressure, good diabetic control and avoiding cigarettes can help slow progress. • Lewy body dementia: may be very sensitive to effects of some used to control behavior. • Alcohol related dementia: people with this should give up drinking completely to stop the diseases progression.

  6. Prevention/prognosis • Reduce risks of vascular dementia which is caused by small strokes by quitting smoking and controlling high blood pressure and diabetes. Mild cognitive compartment do not always develop dementia • Thyroid problems, depression, infections, vitamin deficiencies can be mistaken for dementia. Ask your doctor for a full medical assessment.

  7. What can you do? • Try not to get frustrated with them. • Make sure they know that you are there to help. • Don’t make them do anything they don’t want to.

  8. Facts December 28, 2008 • 5% aged 65 and 20% those over 80 will get dementia. • Dementia is not caused by stress, • Not caused by infectious diseases, • Not caused by too little or too much mental activity.

  9. Bibliography • Pictures: • http://www.seniorhomecareinformation.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/1302460870-41.jpg • http://www.healthwiki.info/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/dementia-treatment.jpg • http://assets.treesd.com/images/healthtree/articles/ht_dementia_old_age_symptoms_0210_01.jpg • http://www.seniorhomecareinformation.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/1275274813-61.gif • Information: • http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0001748/ • http://www.alzinfo.org/12/articles/diagnosis-and-causes-110 • http://www.webmd.com/brain/features/understanding-dementia-symptoms

More Related