{"id":4289,"date":"2025-02-27T08:10:00","date_gmt":"2025-02-27T13:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mickeylieberman.com\/alzheimers\/?p=4289"},"modified":"2025-02-24T09:13:34","modified_gmt":"2025-02-24T14:13:34","slug":"are-all-dementias-considered-as-alzheimers-disease","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mickeylieberman.com\/alzheimers\/are-all-dementias-considered-as-alzheimers-disease\/","title":{"rendered":"Are All Dementias Considered as Alzheimer’s Disease?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dementias Considered as Alzheimer’s Disease<\/span><\/p>\n

Aside from Alzheimer’s disease, other dementias exist such as Dementia with Lewy body, Vascular dementia, Parkinson’s disease with dementia, and dementia due to various neurologic and medical conditions.<\/span><\/p>\n

How will you know if a person is suffering from Alzheimer’s dementia?<\/span><\/p>\n

Alzheimer’s dementia is a neurologic disorder characterized by a progressive and irreversible cognitive decline associated with impairment in functioning.<\/span><\/p>\n

Cognitive deterioration consists of memory impairment.<\/span><\/p>\n

Initially, there is recent memory impairment but as the disease progresses, even the long-term memory is affected.<\/span><\/p>\n

In addition to memory impairment, a patient with dementia has impairment in one of four cognitive areas: aphasia, apraxia, agnosia, and impairment in executive functioning.<\/span><\/p>\n

Aphasia is a problem in a language characterized by the inability to express oneself, repeat words or phrases, or understand what is being said.<\/span><\/p>\n

Apraxia is the inability to adequately perform a usual motor activity such as combing the hair or brushing the teeth despite no paralysis or musculoskeletal abnormality.<\/span><\/p>\n

Agnosia is the inability to recognize objects or things despite intact sensory functions.<\/span><\/p>\n

For instance, a demented patient cannot recognize a key or a pen placed in his or her hands without looking at it.<\/span><\/p>\n

Impairment in executive functioning is characterized by difficulty in abstract reasoning and in organizing things, schedules, and activities.<\/span><\/p>\n

What are the possible causes of Alzheimer’s?<\/span><\/p>\n

The cause of Alzheimer’s is still unknown. However, several risk factors have been identified. One major risk factor is age.<\/span><\/p>\n

The risk of developing dementia increases as our age advances. Older individuals, therefore, are more at risk.<\/span><\/p>\n

Alzheimer’s can also happen to young individuals.<\/span><\/p>\n

Other important risk factors include the presence of plaques and tangles in the brain and the brain’s impaired cholinergic system.<\/span><\/p>\n

Is there any successful treatment for Alzheimer’s?<\/span><\/p>\n

Alzheimer’s disease is irreversible so current medications are only geared to slow down the deterioration.<\/span><\/p>\n

Although initially indicated for mild to moderate dementia, some recent evidence shows that some of these drugs may also benefit patients with moderate to severe dementia.<\/span><\/p>\n

Further studies are warranted to determine its efficacy in this group.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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