General Dementia

Question 1

Define Dementia

Answer 1

The progressive loss of the powers of the brain.
A general decline in all areas of mental ability.
Usually due to brain disease and is progressive.

Question 2

Explain Disease Progression:

Answer 2

Brain cells die faster than they do during normal age progression.

Process leads to microscopic scarring within the brain and loss of brain weight.

Accelerated loss of brain cells is like losing chips in a computer.

Less computing power available so it leads to poor function of brain activities.

Results in difficulties associated with the areas of the brain affected.