Disease Talk And Resources - Articles - Dementia

Diagnosis and Treatment

no@spam.com (Christy Prichard) — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 23:00:00 MDT

The large number of causes of dementia, as well as the similarity of the symptoms from one cause to another, can make diagnosis and treatment of dementia very difficult.

Causes Of Dementia

no@spam.com (Christy Prichard) — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 22:30:00 MDT

Dementia, because it is a group of symptoms rather than one disease, has many different causes. One way doctors classify dementias is by the location in the brain of the specific disease that is causing the dementia.

What Is Dementia

no@spam.com (Christy Prichard) — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 22:30:00 MDT

Dementia is not so much a disease by itself but rather a set of symptoms that are caused by something going wrong in the brain.