Nicole, I too am fascinated with how the brain differs in patients with Dementias. I am also curious about comparing the brains of those people who have suffered many concussions, those with dementias/AD and those healthy brains. If I had the opportunity I would like to observe a medical examination of brains from decceased with all 3 differences. I do not mean to be morbid, but I feel that would be very interesting. Research sometimes comes in very uncomfortable situations and forms .
Dementia is a term used to describe symptoms associated with decline in memory or other
The patient is a 72-year-old black female who presented to the ED with complaints of low blood sugar. Her son found the patient at home in bed unresponsive. The son states he checked the patient's blood sugar it was 47. The patient is on NovoLog 3 times a day and Lantus one time a day. The patient had similar symptoms in the past. The patient has a medical history of dementia. She also is known to be hypertensive, insulin-dependent diabetes and has no surgical history. It is to be noted on presentation her BP was 128/95 with a pulse of 52, respirations of 15, hypothermic with a temp of 93 and oxygenating 94% on room air. She also showed significant bradycardia. EKG at 48 beats per minute, T waves were inverted in leads 4, 5 and 6 but
There are many reasons that Mrs. Yowell may have impaired mental functioning (see Table 1). The first and easiest reason to rule out would be a urinary tract infection (UTI). A urine sample can show if there are white blood cells (indicating infection) present in the urine. The increased levels of bacteria in an elderly person’s body can cause toxicity which leads to the altered mental status (Midthun, 2004). Most noted changes are confusion, agitation and lethargy.
The reporting party (RP) stated she received a call from resident John Tedford who resides in the assisted living portion of the facility. The RP stated the resident does not have dementia and maintains his cognitive abilities. The RP stated the resident disclosed that money was stolen from his checking account. The RP stated the bank was contacted regarding the account and disclosed that the account was closed on 7/17/15. The bank informed the RP there were two checks issued that were not cashed. According to the RP the resident's checking account contained $10,500 and the savings account contained $169,000 at the time the accounts were closed. The RP stated the bank reissued the checks to the resident and mailed them to his wife's resident.
* Hallucinations – see things that aren’t there or talk to people who aren’t around.
Dementia praecox was first introduced to the world by Dr. Emile Kraepelin, but its name later changed to Schizophrenia in 1911, by Swiss psychiatrist, Eugen Bleuler, he was the first doctor to describe the symptoms from positive to negative classified directly as a mental illness. According to the National Institute of Health, approximately 1.1% of the population worldwide is diagnosed with schizophrenia yearly. The disorder affects both men and woman, it does not discriminate. Its onset in seen in teen years and young adulthood, the frustration caused by living with a mind that feels disorganized much of the time often causes feelings of suicidal thoughts sadness, and anxiety. People with this condition find themselves socially isolated mainly
Throughout this line of study, Alzheimer’s disease is a specific form of dementia. According to Alzheimer’s Association, dementia is a general term for a decline in mental ability that is severe enough to hinder daily life. Memory loss is a symptom of dementia and the most common type of dementia is Alzheimer’s. One of the most common and severe symptom of Alzheimer’s is difficulty remembering newly learned information. The changes of Alzheimer’s normally begin in the part of the brain that affects learning (Overview Alzheimer's Association). Some other symptoms of Alzheimer’s include gradual memory loss, the decline in capability to carry out everyday tasks and the loss of their language skills. According to Bialystok the rate of
5 Dementia Myths By Tracey Maxfield Dementia Aware: what you need to know about dementia myths and misconceptions Advances in health care and technology has enhanced longevity, and people are healthier and living longer than ever before. This has resulted in an increased prevalence of dementia (Alzheimer’s Disease International & WHO, 2012). Dementia is highly stigmatized and universally feared. It is often perceived as a normal part of ageing and that people with dementia do not live a normal, happy life and will become unpredictable, aggressive and/or wander. These misconceptions have resulted in many people not seeking diagnosis and treatment, and those already diagnosed with dementia feeling shame, fear and embarrassment, becoming
Dementia is a syndrome, which is usually of a chronic or progressive nature, which causes deterioration in cognitive function. It goes beyond what is expected from normal aging. It causes changes in what you remember, like appointments, or phone numbers. It may cause you to get lost in a familiar setting like driving to the grocery store. You may not be able to balance your checkbook or add up your points in a card game. Communication becomes difficult; as you cannot find the words you want to say. Your personality may change, you may become paranoid, be crabby or short tempered, and you may say or do inappropriate things or laugh when nothing is funny. Dementia is one of the major causes of disability and dependency among older people
Dementia is a degenerative condition caused by brain damage or disease. It may cause a series of influences, such as memory loss, cognitive impairment, inability of communication, and so on. People with dementia probably change their character from they used to have, and even get symptoms of illusions. Depend on different circumstance and course of disease, there may be many kinds of care-related problems. This study develops a guidance platform for the non-professional caregivers based on text classification using text mining technique and Support Vector Machines. And aim to accurately classify the documents or articles which typed in unstructured format into six domains defined by Clinical Dementia Rating, including memory, orientation, judgment
Until the end of the 19th century, dementia was a much broader clinical concept. It included mental illness and any type of psychosocial incapacity, including conditions that could be reversed.[74] Dementia at this time simply referred to anyone who had lost the ability to reason, and was applied equally to psychosis of mental illness, "organic" diseases like syphilis that destroy the brain, and to the dementia associated with old age, which was attributed to "hardening of the arteries."
The main areas of the brain that are affected by dementia in terms of causing difficulties
Dementia is where memory, judgement, social functioning, and emotional control are impaired. Problems become more difficult to solve, and decisions become harder to make. Some indicators include; recent memory loss, difficulty performing familiar tasks, problems with language, time and place disorientation, poor judgement, problems with abstract thinking, misplacing things, changes in mood, personality changes, and loss of initiative. The occurrence of developing dementia later on in life can be reduced. For example, taking the vitamin B12 can help with memory can reduce the risk of developing dementia later on in life. Also years of alcohol abuse can lead to dementia, so cutting back on the amount of alcohol consumed will greatly reduce your
Dementia is defined as a chronic or persistent disorder of the mental processes caused by brain disease or injury and marked by memory disorders, personality changes, and impaired reasoning. However, what most of us do not know is that dementia is a general disorder that has a few subcategories. Those categories include Alzheimer’s disease, vascular dementia and frontal-temporal dementia, to name a few. Although statistically dementia is experienced at a similar rate amongst Japanese-Americans and caucasian Americans, their rates in the subtypes are different. Japanese-American’s, most typically Japanese-American men, experience a higher rate in vascular dementia. Vascular dementia is attributed by a lack of blood supply to the brain. Although Japanese-Americans experience vascular dementia at a higher rate than others, the reasoning behind that is still unexplained.
Dementia is caused by loss of brain cells, and shrinkage of brain tissue. This damage leads to increased challenges the brain cells now have to overcome. Neural pathways are the ways our brain cells communicates with one another, so dementia interrupts and negatively affects this process.