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Dementia
A group of thinking and social symptoms that interferes with daily functioning.
- Treatment can help, but this condition can't be cured
- Chronic: can last for years or be lifelong
- Requires a medical diagnosis
- Lab tests or imaging often required
Not a specific disease, dementia is a group of conditions characterized by impairment of at least two brain functions, such as memory loss and judgment.
Symptoms include forgetfulness, limited social skills, and thinking abilities so impaired that it interferes with daily functioning.
Medications and therapies may help manage symptoms. Some causes are reversible.
Very common: More than 3 million US cases per year
Consult a doctor for medical advice
Sources: Mayo Clinic and others. Learn more
de·men·tia
de·men·tia/dəˈmen(t)SH(ē)ə/
noun
a condition characterized by progressive or persistent loss of intellectual functioning, especially with impairment of memory and abstract thinking, and often with personality change, resulting from organic disease of the brain.
synonyms: mental illness, madness, insanity, derangement, lunacy, senile dementia, Alzheimer's disease, Alzheimer's, softening of the brain
4 days ago · Dementia describes a collection of symptoms caused by disorders affecting the brain. Dementia is not a normal part of getting older, and it isn't one ...
6 days ago · a disease or condition that exists esp. among older people, and that results in the gradual loss of mental abilities, such as the ability to think, reason, ...
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4 days ago · Dementia typically progresses through certain stages, which are commonly described as “early,” “middle,” “late” and “end of life.” Stages are useful in helping ...
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16 hours ago · a brain condition, mostly affecting older people, in which a person has difficulties with memory, thinking, control of the body, etc.
4 days ago · The most common form of dementia, Alzheimer's disease is a physical brain condition resulting in impaired memory, thinking and behaviour, where a person's ...
3 days ago · Dementia is not a single illness but a group of symptoms caused by damage to the brain. The symptoms include loss of memory, mood changes and confusion.
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7 days ago · a serious mental disorder that prevents one from living a safe and normal life; doctors were able to treat the patient's dementia with drugs.
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9 hours ago · Dementia is not a specific disease. It is a descriptive term for a collection of symptoms that can be caused by a number of disorders that affect the brain.
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7 days ago · Dementia is a catch-all term for a number of abnormal brain disorders with symptoms that can interfere with daily life: memory loss, forgetting words, ...
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7 days ago · It is common for someone living with dementia to not acknowledge that they are experiencing issues with their memory or other aspects of cognition, such as ...
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