Dementia Flashcards

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What does dementia effect

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Memory and cognitive function

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Descriptive term for number of acquired brain disorders?

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Dementia

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Primary dementia

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Major sign of an organic brain disease not directly related to any other illness

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Secondary dementia

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Caused by one other recognized disease

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Alzheimer’s

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Most common dementia type, messes with memory, word retrieval, decision making

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Lewy body

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Cognitive, movement, abnormal proteins

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Vascular

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Multiple small strokes

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Fronto temporal demential

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Personality changes
Compulsive behavior
Euphoria
Apathy

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Effective communication

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Use simple vocab, clear body language, eye contact

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