alzheimers Flashcards
1
Q
w
A
2
Q
4 A’S of alzhemiers
A
AMNESIA (recent first)
APATHY
AGNOSIA
APRAXIA
3
Q
what sort of drugs can be used to help dementia
A
acholinesterase inhibtors ending in ‘mine’
rivastigmine
4
Q
most common types of dementia
A
- lewy body
- vascular
- lewy body
5
Q
lewy body
A
asscoiated with hallucinations
classically of small creatures/children/figures (Lilliputian bodies.)
assoc of features of parkinsoniasm
6
Q
which dementia is a rf with repetitive head injuries
A
fronto temporal