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