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Dementia is a word for a group of symptoms caused by disorders that affect the brain. It is not a specific disease. People with dementia may not be able to think well enough to do normal activities, such as getting dressed or eating.
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www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/dementia.html
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Dementia is a loss of brain function. It is not a single disease. Instead, dementia refers to a group of illnesses that involve memory, behavior, learning, and communicating problems. The problems are progressive, which means they slowly get worse.
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www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000739.htm
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Senile dementia is the mental deterioration (loss of intellectual ability) that is associated with old age. Senile dementia is often used when referring to Alzheimer's disease. ... What is senile dementia?
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neurology.health-cares.net/senile-dementia.php
neurology.health-cares.net/senile-dementia.php
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Besides senile dementia, other terms often used to describe dementia include senility and organic brain syndrome. Senility and senile dementia are outdated terms that reflect the formerly widespread belief that dementia was a normal part of aging.
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www.medicinenet.com/dementia/article.htm
www.medicinenet.com/dementia/article.htm
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Dementia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dementia (meaning "deprived of mind") is a serious cognitive disorder. It may be static, the result of a unique global brain injury or progressive, resulting in long-term decline in cognitive functio...
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Senile dementia of the Binswanger's type is a term used to describe a dementia syndrome characterized by onset in the sixth or seventh decade of life, subcortical neurologic deficits, psychiatric disorders and evidence of hypertension or systemic vascular disease.
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How to Recognize Signs of Senile Dementia. Most of us will slow down a bit, physically and mentally, as we get older ' but there's a big difference between occasional forgetfulness and senility, or senile dementia. ... Consider the family history. Is there a background of senile dementia or Alzheimer's disease? There is often...
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www.ehow.com/how_7379_recognize-signs-senile.html
www.ehow.com/how_7379_recognize-signs-senile.html
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Bachman DL, Wolf PA, Linn R, Knoefel JE, Cobb J, Belanger A, et al. Prevalence of dementia and probable senile dementia of the Alzheimer type in the Framingham Study. Neurology 1992;42:115-9.
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