dementia

Question 1

describe dementia

Answer 1

describes a set of symptoms that include memory loss, problem solving and thinking.

Question 2

list the sub types of dementia

Answer 2

Alzhimers disease
Mixed dementia 
Vascular dementia
Dementia with lewi bodies
frontotemporal lobe dementia

Question 3

what is mixed dementia

Answer 3

‘Mixed dementia’ is a condition in which a person has more than one type of dementia. Alzheimer’s disease and vascular dementia is the most common type

Question 4

Alzhimers disease

Answer 4

progessive loss of brain function split into 3 stages.

Question 5

vascular dementia

Answer 5

occours after loss of blood flow to the brain this is often following a stroke

Question 6

Lewi Body dementia

Answer 6

Protein deposits, called Lewy bodies, develop in nerve cells in the brain regions involved in thinking, memory and movement

Question 7

cerebellum responsibility?

Answer 7

Balance
Motor skills
co-ordination

Question 8

occipital lobe responsibility?

Answer 8

locate items
draw objects
reciognise movement
word blindness
visual/ hallucinations

Question 9

temporal lobe responsibiility?

Answer 9

reciognise faces
understand speech
short term memory
sexual behaviour

Question 10

paretal lobe responsibilty?

Answer 10

higher order thinking
multi tasking
mathematics
motor skills
read

Question 11

frontal lobe responsibility?

Answer 11

emotions
problem solving
personality
judgement

Question 12

brain stem responsibilty

Answer 12

heart rate 
sleep wake cycle 
breathin
temperature 
concerntration

Question 13

whihc chemical is low in a dementia patient brain?

Answer 13

acetylcholine

Question 14

How to dementia drugs work on the brain?

Answer 14

Dementia drugs help slow the progression of dementia by preventing enzymes from binding to acetylcholine and breaking it down.