Question 1

could someone please tell me about aids dementia?

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Clarification needed: Aids is someone who have advanced diseases of HIV positive individuals with worsening of symptoms, including dementia. Any change of personality, memory loss or/and loss of functional activity such as bathing, dressing result hiv-related dementia. The new onset of dementia varies by age and the severity of HIV related symptoms. To my knowledge there is no term for aids dementia.

Question 2

help please! is dementia a sign of the hiv virus turning into aids?

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Possiblly- or not: Hiv dementia is less prevelent now with current HIV medications but is still noted.
Treatment(meds), mood, and a complete work-up is needed. 
This should include  neuro-psychological testing- which is even more helpful if obtained at diagnosis for comparison but not often done these days.
Neurological evaluation along with infectious disease re-evaluation.

Question 3

can a cold affect dementia?

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Infection, dementia: In general, any infection that might cause even a low grade fever can worsen confusion or behaviors in patients with dementia.

Question 4

why do people get dementia?

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Dementia: Too wide to describe here, but u can google the word & get full description of causes of cognitive deficits. Summary is that there are either genetic such as fragile x syndrome, fixed such as brain injury, slowly progressive such as infection, a feature of other conditions such as parkinson's disease, or rapidly progressive dementias such as organ failure.

Question 5

how do you treat/care for dementia?

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Individualize: The treatment of dementia is varied based on the type of the behavior the patient is presented, the availibility of primary caregiver, the level of cooperation, prior/current medications use, the currrent environmental setting and medical conditions. So there are many way to treat or to control symptoms for dementia and therefore it needs to be individualize.

Question 6

are lost car keys a sign of dementia?

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Not necessarily: Trouble forming a new memory, getting lost in familiar places and word finding problems are the most common signs  of alzheimers. To diagnose dementia one needs to look for multiple symptoms i n different parts of the brain that are affecting functioning.

Question 7

how does nutrition affect someone's dementia?

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Yes: Nutrition can impact development and expression of cognitive decline, especially if there are metabolic issues including high blood pressure and diabetes.   Recent articles suggest that the presence of Type 2 diabetes increases the risk of development of dementia for young persons five times the average.   Important that one follow dietary regimen and seek counsel for help.

Question 8

looked up dementia but still unsure what it is.?

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Dementia: Is a syndrome of cognitive decline that effects a person's ability to function.  Simple forgetfullness does not interfer with functioning.  Hope this helps.

Question 9

what are effects of pets on people with dementia?

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Positive: Companion animals have benefit to patients with dementia in they serve to help calm them down and reduce inappropriate behaviors.

Question 10

how can someone with dementia be allowed to drive?

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Driving? It depends.: It depends on the severity of the dementia. Many people with mild dementia can safely drive, but I am assuming that you are asking about a more severe level of dementia. In moderate to severe dementia, one should not drive. Some university centers do provide an evaluation for driving competence in dementia.

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