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 dementia cause dizziness?

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Sort of: There are many causes of dementia, including some we don't normally think of, such as vitamin deficiency, stroke, or brain tumor.  Some of these diseases can cause dizziness in addition to dementia.  More typically, dizziness does not accompany dementia.  Dizziness can be a separate problem from dementia, or might help pinpoint an underlying cause for both.

Question 4

can single strokes cause progressive dementia?

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No: A single stroke might cause behavior changes or memory problems like dementia, but the changes would not be progressive.  The confusing factor is that there is often associated "small vessel disease:  this means prior tiny strokes involving the central part of the brain that may have been clinically silent.  This picture can be associated with a progressive dementia.

Question 5

what are some common causes of dementia in the elderly?

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There are many types: 70% of people who have dementia have alzheimers disease. But strokes can cause vascular dementia.  Lewy body dementia and frontal temporal lobe dementia are also fairly common. Less common types include alcohol, head injuries, and excessiive spinal fluid. There are many other neurological illnesses that can lead to dementia too.

Question 6

can radon cause dementia?

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Yes. Radon dementia: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmc1579210
natural distribution of environmental radon daughters in the different brain ... Alzheimer's disease and senile dementia:                 www.Idahoradon.Com/alzheimers-parkinsons-studies
radon is a primary source of harmful radiation exposure for humans; ... Memory loss: dementia such as forgetting things more.

Question 7

what causes vascular dementia?

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Lots of contributors: Hypertension, heart disease and diabetes are medical illnesses which contribute.  Certainly lifestyle issues such as smoking and alchol can contribute.  Vascular dementia can involve lareger strokes with obvious immediate changes, or microvascular changes or "mini-strokes" which can cause increased impairment usually in memory and executive functions over time.

Question 8

what are the causes of senile dementia?

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3 main causes: Alzheimer's disease, lewy body dementia and vascular dementia are the top 3 causes. Death of brain cells results from the abnormal accumulation of proteins in the first 2 disorders. Vascular refers to loss of brain cells from little stroke-like events that deprive them of nutrition.

Question 9

can dementia caused from cirrhosis be cured?

Accepted Answer

Symptom control: Dementia from cirrhosis is actually called hepatic encephalopathy (build up of toxins like ammonia in the brain), with the common theme resulting in confusion. Hepatic encephalopathy can be controlled with certain medications, so i would recommend you see a liver specialist to discuss these options. Once hepatic encephalopathy occurs, liver transplantat discussion should occur with your doctor.

Question 10

are metabolic causes of dementia preventable?

Accepted Answer

Yes.: As a rough estimate about 5% of dementias are treatable/preventable, so screening for things like vitamin deficiencies and untreated hypothyroidism should be done as part of an evaluation of patients with early memory loss.

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