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1.1 Alzheimer's disease is the most common cause of dementia, but there are many rarer diseases and syndromes that can lead to dementia, dementia-like symptoms or mild cognitive impairment. Rarer forms of dementia account for around only 5 per cent of all Dementia is an umbrella term for a range of diseases that affect memory, behaviour and motor skills. The causes vary depending on the disease but largely the presence of "Plaques and tangles" on the neurons of the brain is found in people with Alzheimer's. Plaques are proteins that the body no longer breaks down and allows to build up, these get between the neurons and disrupt message transmission. The tangles are tau proteins within the neurons becoming abnormal. In Korsakoff's, prolonged alcohol abuse is to blame In Vascular dementia, clots and stroke cause abnormal functioning to the affected area of the brain, which is often at the front, above the eyes which effects inhibition and judgement. In Lowy body dementia, abnormal clusters of protein cause Parkinson like symptoms Pick's disease occurs after trauma to the front section of the brain, starting out with personality and behaviour changes and followed by memory loss while dementia isn't necessarily hereditary, if a parent has it a child is more likely to develop it.
1.2 Dementia is a condition of the brain which causes a gradual loss of mental ability, including problems with memory, understanding, judgement, thinking and language. In addition, other problems commonly develop, such as changes in personality and changes in the way a person interacts with others in social situations. As dementia progresses, a person's ability to look after themselves from day to day may also become affected. There are various causes of dementia. Some memory loss as we age is normal, but the kind of memory loss associated with dementia is more severe
1.3People with dementia often confuse the generations mistaking their
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1.1 Alzheimer's disease is the most common cause of dementia, but there are many rarer diseases and syndromes that can lead to dementia, dementia-like symptoms or mild cognitive impairment. Rarer forms of dementia account for around only 5 per cent of all Dementia is an umbrella term for a range of diseases that affect memory, behaviour and motor skills. The causes vary depending on the disease but largely the presence of "Plaques and tangles" on the neurons of the brain is found in people with Alzheimer's. Plaques are proteins that the body no longer breaks down and allows to build up, these get between the neurons and disrupt message transmission. The tangles are tau proteins within the neurons becoming abnormal. In Korsakoff's, prolonged alcohol abuse is to blame In Vascular dementia, clots and stroke cause abnormal functioning to the affected area of the brain, which is often at the front, above the eyes which effects inhibition and judgement. In Lowy body dementia, abnormal clusters of protein cause Parkinson like symptoms Pick's disease occurs after trauma to the front section of the brain, starting out with personality and behaviour changes and followed by memory loss while dementia isn't necessarily hereditary, if a parent has it a child is more likely to develop it.
1.2 Dementia is a condition of the brain which causes a gradual loss of mental ability, including problems with memory, understanding, judgement, thinking and language. In addition, other problems commonly develop, such as changes in personality and changes in the way a person interacts with others in social situations. As dementia progresses, a person's ability to look after themselves from day to day may also become affected. There are various causes of dementia. Some memory loss as we age is normal, but the kind of memory loss associated with dementia is more severe
1.3People with dementia often confuse the generations mistaking their