Dementia Flashcards

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what is dementia

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decline in memory and other cognitive domains that when severe enough interferes with daily living and independent

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what is early onset dementia (EOD)

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refers to dementias that occur before the age of 65

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what are modifiable risk factors

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those that if eliminated can potentially prevent some cases of dementia

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what is nonmodifiable risk factors

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cannot be changed or modified by the individual. includes age and heredity

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early life

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less education ( none or primary school only

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Middle life

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45-65
hypertension
obesity
hearing loss

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later life

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65 and older
smoking
depression
physical inactivity
social isolation
diabetes

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what is heredity

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can play a part in dementia risk. higher or an individual has a first-order relative with diseases

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how does age play a role in risk factors

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every 5 years after age 65 the number of individuals with Alzheimer’s disease doubles about one-third of people over 85 have the disease

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what are temporary cognitive changes?

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different from those of tempory or treatable conditions

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what is delirium

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acute state of confusion associated woth temporatry but reversible cognitive impairments

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what are common signs and symptoms of dementia

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attention
learning and memory
difficulty recalling names of family and friends
reasoning and executive functioning
perceptual abilities
language
behavioral and psychosocial
anger and aggression
forgetfulness and confusion
wandering and getting lost

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what is vascular dementia

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also known as multi infarct dementia
result of multiple strokes
progresses in a stepwise pattern of degeneration

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what is Lewy body dementia?

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occurs when certain proteins group together inside brain cells
protein deposits are known as Lewy bodies
protein build-up also happens in PD which can lead to misdiagnosis

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what is Frontotemporal Dementia

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uncharacteristic personality changes and unexplained struggles with decision making, speaking or language comprehension are among the most common presenting symptoms

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16
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what are FTD Subtypes/ variants

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behavioral variants
ALS and frontotemporal Degeneration
Corticobasal syndrome
Progressive Supranuclear Palsy

17
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primary progtessive aphasia

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nonfluent/ agrammatic variant
semantic
logopenic

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