Dementia

Question 1

What is dementia?

Answer 1

An umbrella term - lotos symptoms
Mood changes/social changes/memory loss/lost abilities

Question 2

What’s dementia caused by?

Answer 2

Biological diseases - neurodegenerative
Alcoholism/depression

Question 3

What’s the main form of dementia? And the %?

Answer 3

Alzheimer’s disease - 60-70%

Question 4

When do most Alzheimer symptoms disappear?

Answer 4

After age 60

Question 5

Is Alzheimer’s different for everyone?

Answer 5

Yes - genes/health/medication/personality

Question 6

How many people in the UK right now have it and how many by 2050?

Answer 6

850,000
2 million

Question 7

What’s atrophy?

Answer 7

Neuronal loss, reduced white/grey matter volume

Question 8

What’s synaptic dysfunction?

Answer 8

Altered communication between neurons

Question 9

What do some dementia medication boost the supply of?

Answer 9

Acetylcholine

Question 10

2 ways to assess memory impairment?

Answer 10

In-clinic meetings
On phones

Question 11

Who did the 5 year tea study? And how did they measure?

Answer 11

Rusted and Sheppard
Observations - vocal descriptions from memory

Question 12

What did Rusted and Sheppard find?

Answer 12

Memories hard to access, not lost

Question 13

What’s the biggest risk factor for Alzheimer’s?

Answer 13

Age

Question 14

What 2 types of genes are linked to Alzheimer’s?

Answer 14

Deterministic and risk
Chromosomes - 21, 14, 19

Question 15

How can dementia be avoided?

Answer 15

Lifestyle changes - diet/learning/social/education

Question 16

How much can lifestyle changes prevent? (%)

Answer 16

40%