What disease has similar symptoms to dementia?
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What disease has similar symptoms to dementia?
Conditions that may be mistaken for dementia
- Delirium. Delirium is a change in mental state or consciousness.
- Depression. Depression is an illness where you have a continuous low mood and/or a loss of interest and enjoyment in your life.
- Anxiety.
- Mild cognitive impairment (MCI)
- Hormone (gland) conditions.
What disease is worse than Alzheimer’s?
Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease causes a type of dementia that gets worse unusually fast. More common causes of dementia, such as Alzheimer’s, Lewy body dementia and frontotemporal dementia, typically progress more slowly. Through a process scientists don’t yet understand, misfolded prion protein destroys brain cells.
What is Pick’s disease?
Pick’s disease is a specific type of frontotemporal dementia, a degenerative brain disease that usually affects people under 65. This condition most often affects a person’s behavior, but sometimes disrupts the ability to speak or understand others.
At what age does Lewy body dementia start?
Lewy body dementia is one of the most common causes of dementia. LBD affects more than 1 million individuals in the United States. People typically show symptoms at age 50 or older, although sometimes younger people have LBD. LBD appears to affect slightly more men than women.
What causes Binswanger disease?
Causes. Binswanger disease is caused by arteriosclerosis, thromboembolism and other diseases that obstruct blood vessels that supply the deep structures of the brain. Hypertension, smoking, hypercholesterolemia, heart disease and diabetes mellitus are risk factors for Binswanger disease.
What is Pick’s disease caused by?
Pick’s disease, along with other FTDs, is caused by abnormal amounts or types of nerve cell proteins, called tau. These proteins are found in all of your nerve cells. If you have Pick’s disease, they often accumulate into spherical clumps, known as Pick bodies or Pick cells.
