What is the most common cause of dementia

How Common are these Causes of Dementia?

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This information refers to the general prevalence and incidence of these diseases, not to how likely they are to be the actual cause of Dementia. Of the 391 causes of Dementia that we have listed, we have the following prevalence/incidence …

What are the Common Causes of Dementia?

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First, it must be understood that senility is not synonymous with dementia. Whereas senescence and senility refer to the normal aging process, dementia denotes a pathological process. Most often, dementia is caused by Alzheimer’s Disease, a…

Is evolution causing Old Ladies with dementia to become more comm…?

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Evolution has nothing to do with old ladies having dementia because women reproduce long before they show signs of dementia and therefor it is not selected out. That’s why most health problems occur in old age – they are not weeded out by n…

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Is evolution causing Old Ladies with dementia to become more common?

Q: There are now about 700,000 people in the UK with dementia. Whilst both men and women can get dementia, the rates are much higher in women and rising much faster. There is some recent research that suggests some forms of dementia are inherited. ‘There are two major mechanisms driving evolution. The first is natural selection, a process causing heritable traits that are helpful for survival and reproduction to become more common in a population, and harmful traits to become more rare. This occurs because individuals with advantageous traits are more likely to reproduce, so that more individuals in the next generation inherit these traits’ Direct quote from Evolution WikipediaSo is evolution cause Old Ladies with dementia to become more common? Or is dementia an advantageous trait to a species?http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evolutionhttp://www.alzheimers.org.uk/site/scripts/documents_info.php?categoryID=200131&documentID=106Inspired by this questionhttp://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AjTcZ4a57hkfkUTUiD9rBgQYxgt.;_ylv=3?qid=20080619084828AAABT1BBut evolution surely only applies to ensuring that genetic material is passed on? How does exceptionally long live help a species? Longevity is only associated with ability to mate in evolutionary terms?

A: Evolution has nothing to do with old ladies having dementia because women reproduce long before they show signs of dementia and therefor it is not selected out. That’s why most health problems occur in old age – they are not weeded out by natural selection because they occur after a person’s reproductive years.

do you force feed dementia patients? or alzheimers patients?

Q: is dementia the most common cause of alzheimers disease? is dementia a result of aging?

A: Dementia is a “generic” term for cognitive deficits which can be caused by a variety of different conditions. Alzheimer’s is a form of dementia; nobody is really sure what causes it but it is widely believed to be hereditary. Alzheimer’s (or dementia in general) is a disease process and not a normal result of aging. Absolutely do not physically force feed an alzheimer’s patient; they may not even know to swallow– they could choke, or the food / fluids can go right into the lungs and cause aspiration pneumonia, which can lead to respiratory failure.

How common is Deja Vu with dementia?

Q: My dad is in the early stages of dementia. Neither his doctors or us (his family) are sure which kind. It could be Alzheimer’s, or it could be a slow dying-off of brain cells due to hypoxemia. That term basically means lower-than-ideal levels of oxygen are reaching the brain, due to a reduced oxygen saturation of the blood, which in my dad’s case, is due to his very advanced COPD (emphysema & chronic bronchitis).At any rate, lately when we watch movie rentals, he comments that the movie looks extremely familiar (even when I *know* he’s never watched it before). Sometimes he even picks out specific scenes, where he marvels at how familiar all the people, places and actions of the scene are!I did a tiny bit of online research and found one article (or study) that said something about damage to certain parts of the brain can lead to increased deja vu, but I’m not sure what I read. Can anyone shed some light on HOW and WHY certain forms of dementia could cause someone to have increased deja vu? (Also, do you think it will get worse?)Thanks!!

A: I had just asked a question about jeja vu yesterday and read the wikipedia entry, which says that deja vu can be due to recalling dreams, that dreams are stored in long term memory, so when someone is having dimentia and losing thier short term memory, they still retain their long term memory, and if something they see reminds them of something they may have seen in their dream even if it was a long time ago, they might experience deja vu since their short term memory gets erased. Hope that makes sense!