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- Signs and symptoms of Lewy body dementia - Mayo Clinic News Network
Lewy body dementia, also known as dementia with Lewy bodies, is the second most common type of progressive dementia after Alzheimer's disease dementia Protein deposits, called Lewy bodies, develop in nerve cells in the brain regions involved in thinking, memory and movement (motor control) Lewy body dementia causes a progressive decline in mental abilities People […]
- What is frontotemporal dementia? - Mayo Clinic News Network
How is frontotemporal dementia different from Alzheimer's disease? Alzheimer's disease is more common among people 75 and older However, people with early onset Alzheimer's or frontotemporal dementia typically start exhibiting symptoms in midlife, from roughly age 30 to 60
- Mayo Clinic Q and A: 4 ways to reduce your risk of dementia
Having a family history of dementia increases your risk of developing the condition However, many people with a family history never develop symptoms And those who don't have a family history also may experience memory issues as they age Consider these four tips to reduce your overall risk of memory challenges
- Dementia-related pain: What caregivers need to know
Dementia-related pain As dementia progresses, so does the likelihood that patients are experiencing pain Between 50% and 80% of patients with moderate to severe dementia experience pain daily Many patients receive inadequate treatment due lack of recognition Alzheimer's disease causes the person to develop a mask-like facial expression
- Researchers identify new criteria to detect rapidly progressive dementia
Mayo Clinic researchers have identified new scoring criteria allowing for the detection of treatable forms of rapidly progressive dementia
- Mayo Clinic Q and A: Understanding delirium versus dementia
Unlike dementia, which develops gradually over a long period of time, the start of delirium usually is rapid Symptoms of delirium require prompt medical evaluation to determine the underlying cause and start treatment
- Mayo Clinic Q and A: Lewy body dementia and Alzheimers disease — what . . .
However, when doctors who have expertise and experience with the disease make a Lewy body dementia diagnosis, that diagnosis is often correct — as confirmed later during an autopsy An accurate diagnosis is important, because Lewy body dementia responds differently than Alzheimer’s disease to commonly prescribed dementia medications
- Mayo Clinic researchers validate blood test to diagnose Alzheimers . . .
They included patients with early- and late-onset cognitive impairment, typical and atypical Alzheimer's disease, Lewy body dementia and vascular cognitive impairment Patients ranged from 32 to 89 years old, with the average age of symptom onset being 66
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