Dementia

What is dementia?

Dementia is a loss of mental functions that is severe enough to affect your daily life and activities. These functions include:

  • Memory
  • Language skills
  • Visual perception (your ability to make sense of what you see)
  • Problem solving
  • Trouble with everyday tasks
  • The ability to focus and pay attention

It is normal to become a bit more forgetful as you age. But dementia is not a normal part of aging. It is a serious disorder which interferes with your daily life.

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  1. Dementia (National Library of Medicine)  
    What is dementia? Dementia is a loss of mental functions that is severe enough to affect your daily life and activities. These functions ... a bit more forgetful as you age. But dementia is not a normal part of aging. It ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/dementia.html - Health Topics
  2. Lewy Body Dementia (National Library of Medicine)  
    What is Lewy body dementia (LBD)? Lewy body dementia (LBD) is one of the most common types of dementia in older adults. Dementia is a loss of mental functions that is ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/lewybodydementia.html - Health Topics
  3. Alzheimer's Disease (National Library of Medicine)  
    Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common form of dementia among older people. Dementia is a brain disorder that seriously affects a ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/alzheimersdisease.html - Health Topics
  4. Can a direct-to-consumer genetic test tell me whether I will develop Alzheimer disease?: MedlinePlus Genetics 
    ... certain whether you will or will not develop Alzheimer disease . Variations in multiple genes, together with lifestyle factors ... testing company, 23andMe, to offer a test for Alzheimer disease risk. The test analyzes a gene called APOE . ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/.../dtcgenetictesting/dtcalzheimer - Genetics
  5. Alzheimer disease 
    Alzheimer disease is a degenerative disease of the brain that causes dementia, which is a gradual loss of memory, judgment, and ability to function. This disorder ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/condition/alzheimer-disease - Genetics
  6. Dementia with Lewy bodies 
    Dementia with Lewy bodies is a nervous system disorder characterized by a decline in intellectual function (dementia), a group of movement problems known as parkinsonism, ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/condition/dementia-with-lewy-bodies - Genetics
  7. Vascular dementia 
    Dementia is a permanent loss of brain function. This occurs with certain diseases. It affects memory, thinking, language, judgment, and behavior. Vascular dementia is caused by a series of small strokes ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/000746.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  8. Dementia 
    Dementia is a loss of brain function that occurs with certain diseases. It affects one or more ... such as memory, thinking, language, judgment, or behavior. Dementia may also be referred to as major neurocognitive ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/000739.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  9. CHMP2B-related frontotemporal dementia 
    CHMP2B-related frontotemporal dementia is a progressive brain disorder that affects personality, behavior, and language. The symptoms of this disorder usually ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/.../chmp2b-related-frontotemporal-dementia - Genetics
  10. Frontotemporal dementia with parkinsonism-17 
    Frontotemporal dementia with parkinsonism-17 (FTDP-17) is a brain disorder. It is part of a group of conditions, called frontotemporal dementia or frontotemporal degeneration, ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/...ntotemporal-dementia-with-parkinsonism-17 - Genetics
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