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Dementia

Signs & Symptoms

The first signs of dementia are loss of short-term memory. Symptoms are dependent upon the areas of brain that are affected and the key symptoms are as follows:

Loss of Memory: Forgetting some recent incidents and inability to recall information.

Disorientation: People forget their familiar surroundings, neighborhood, wondering how they got there and do not know how to get back home.

Communicating: People suffering from dementia forget simple words and substitute some irrelevant words in their speech, thus making it difficult to understand for the listener.

Abstract thinking: People suffering from dementia have trouble carrying out simple calculations such as adding numbers, multiplying, dividing, subtracting and sometimes even forget the purpose of numbers and calculation.

Poor or reduced judgment: People suffering with dementia have poor judgment and do not know how react in emergencies.

Performance of familiar tasks: People face difficulty in performing daily activities such preparing a meal or tea, operating an oven, making a telephone call, playing a game etc.

Mood or behavioral changes: People suffering from dementia exhibit rapid changes in moods such as from a happy/joyous mood to tears or anger for no apparent reason. Patients often experience depression.

Misplacing articles: People with dementia tend to misplace articles in unusual places, such as placing a wristwatch in a sugar bowl or a plastic container on a gas stove.

Loss of initiative: People suffering from AD become passive. For example watching TV for longer duration, sleeping for longer hours and not performing normal activities.

Change in personality: Dramatic changes in personality of people suffering from dementia are observed (8).

Article by Kona Vishnu, MS
Medical Writer,
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