Question 1

could lewy body dementia be caused by vitamin b12 deficiency?

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Unrelated: Deficiency of B12 can cause dementia, but Lewy Body Dementia is a separate disorder. See this site for info on Lewy Body Dementia.

http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/lewy-body-dementia/basics/definition/CON-20025038

Question 2

what is lewy body dementia?

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The essentials: Lewey body dementia is defined by three things, visual hallucinations in the absence of othr drugs, psych diagnoses and Parkinson's disease, memory loss and perodic confusion, you can have parkinson symptoms but dont have to.  You also usually get behavorial problems and executive problems.  The hallucinations tend to be quite vivid and complex.

Question 3

what does lewy body dementia mean?

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Type of dementia.: Lewy bodies are a specific type of protein clumps that can accumulate in many places. When they accumulate in the brain, dementia with lewy bodies can occur. It is actually a somewhat common type of neurodegenerative dementia, second only to the more famous alzheimer's disease. If you like, you can look at: www.Lbda.Org for more information.

Question 4

where to go for lewy body dementia help?

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Several: You could make an appointment with a neurologist, a gerontologist or a geriatric psychiatrist.

Question 5

what are the signs of lewy body dementia?

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Lewy Body Dementia: Symptoms include visual hallucinations, a fluctuating course of cognitive and behavior decline, extreme sensitivity to neuroleptic medications, disorientation, and organizational and visuospatial difficulties but relatively spared language and memory function. Sleep disturbance, agitation, depression, and parkinsonism (slow movements, tremors, and rigidity) are additional features.

Question 6

what symptoms suggest lewy body dementia?

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Three things: It has to include dementia (flucucation in attention and awareness as well as alertness), parkinsonism (not a classical parkinson's) including but not necessarily all of threm - tremors, masking, blinking and shuffling gait, and visual hallucinations.

Question 7

in a nutshell, what is lewy body dementia?

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Three things: It has to include dementia (flucucation in attention and awareness as well as alertness), parkinsonism (not a classical parkinson's) including but not necessarily all of threm - tremors, masking, blinking and shuffling gait, and visual hallucinations. There is abnormal microscopic protein builds up in the brain that disrupts functional brain cells causing  them to slowly deterioration of activity.

Question 8

i need more detials of lewy body dementia?

Accepted Answer

The essentials: Lewey body dementia is defined by three things, visual hallucinations in the absence of othr drugs, psych diagnoses and Parkinson's disease, memory loss and perodic confusion, you can have parkinson symptoms but dont have to.  You also usually get behavorial problems and executive problems.  The hallucinations tend to be quite vivid and complex.

Question 9

what are likely signs of lewy body dementia?

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Personality: Behaviour and personality changes are more pronounced in addition other cognitive impairments.

Question 10

what predisposes someone to lewy body dementia?

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Three things: It has to include dementia (flucucation in attention and awareness as well as alertness), parkinsonism (not a classical parkinson's) including but not necessarily all of threm - tremors, masking, blinking and shuffling gait, and visual hallucinations.

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