Exam 2: Dementia, Nutrition, Sleep Flashcards
What is the difference between delirium and dementia?
delirium is generally reversible, while dementia is irreversible and progressive
What can be a cause of delirium?
A UTI
What is the most common form of dementia?
Alzheimer’s disease
what are possible causes Alzheimer’s disease?
Genetics
Environmental factors (chemical use-farmers)
free radicals (radiation)
levels of aluminum and mercury in brain (from food/water)
slow-acting virus (covid)
How do you stage Alzheimer’s disease?
Global Deterioration Scale/Functional Assessment Staging (GDS/FAST)
what is the cure and treatment for Alzheimer’s disease?
None
How do you treat symptoms for Alzheimer’s disease?
antioxidants, anti-inflammatory agents, folic acid, vitamin B6 and B12, and gene therapy
medications that slow acetylcholinesterase
What is vascular dementia
dementia caused by brain damage from impaired blood flow to the brain
what does frontotemporal dementia?
Damage to the frontal lobe
What is Lewy body dementia?
Progressive protein deposits in the brain, Robin Williams had this
what is creutzfeldt-jakob disease?
a neurodegenerative disease that is rapid & fatal. 1 year to live after diagnosed and is pretty rare
What is Wernick encephalopathy?
lack of vitamin B1 (alcohol abuse, malnutrition) that has acute and chronic stages and affects usually alcoholics. Bruce Willis had this.
What is Parkinson’s disease?
when nerves selves in ganglia die, affect dopamine production that call causes uncontrolled movement. Treatment include increase of dopamine levels in the brain. Muhammad Ali had this
what is aids?
damaged immune system that causes death within three years, Abraham Lincoln had this 
How do you insure a patient safety with dementia 
Use items to trigger memory such as colors/pictures
What are CAM therapies?
nutritional supplements such as vitamins and herbs
What is dyspareunia?
painful intercourse
what is menopause
the permanent cessation of menses for at-least 1 year
what is perimenopause
several years prior to the onset of menopause
what is postmenopause
time beginning 12 months after the last menstrual cycle
What is a popular menopause and hormone therapy
women’s health initiative: estrogen and progestin increased heart risks. estrogen alone less risk
what happens if women take longer to take estrogen during menopause
longer the wait, greater the chance of heart attack