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what do you advise if my grandpa was diagnosed with lewis body dementia?

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Sub specialty Neuro: Behavioral Neurologist and Neurologists who specialize in movement disorders have additional training and experience in dealing with Lewy Body Dementia. The approach to management must be individulaized based on how the condition is evolving over time. Many of the medications used for uncomplicated Parkinson's disease may make matters worse.  Many general neurologists can also mange this condition

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 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 4

is lewy bodies dementia  terminal?

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Yes: Unfortuntely, lewey body dementia is uncurable and terminal.

Question 5

what are the symptoms of dementia with lewy bodies?

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Lewy Body dementia: Lewy bodies are particular types of brain damage, and most often are concentrated in the frontal lobes. Dementia that starts in this brain area is often associated with personality change, motor problems, mood instability, and social inappropriateness, at least initially. Eventually memory loss and global cognitive deficits appear.

Question 6

what kind of condition is dementia with lewy bodies?

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Bad problem: Lewy body disease is one of the most common causes of dementia in the elderly. Dementia is the loss of mental functions severe enough to affect normal activities and relationships. Lewy body disease happens when abnormal structures, called lewy bodies, build up in areas of the brain. The disease may cause a wide range of symptoms, including, changes in alertness and attention, hallucinations.

Question 7

please tell me more about dementia with lewy bodies?

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Common dementia: Lewy body dementia may be the second most  common form or dementia, but infreqently diagnosed. It presents with parkinsonian features(rigidity, gait impairment), but also commonly with visual hallucinations. Besides memory loss, there may be frequent falls and variability in alertness and cognition .Lbd  presents behavioral problems (agitation, depression, etc) + sensitivity to meds used to treat.

Question 8

what type of mutation causes dementia with lewd bodies?

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Allele, not a mutant: It's not well understood, but often appears in those w/ Parkinson's, so a link with the PARK11 gene has been studied. Like Alzheimer's or Parkinson's, most cases since not all end up w/ it LBD is not thought to be strongly inheredited. Yet LBD risk is heightened w/ inheritance of an allele. Info here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dementia_with_Lewy_bodies

Question 9

can you tell me anything about dementia with lewy bodies?

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A degenerating brain: Disease, similar to  alzheimer's, but not the same -  specific diagnosis only at autopsy to my knowlege.

Question 10

what is the definition or description of: dementia with lewy bodies?

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Dementia types: Dementia is an umbrella term. Meaning that under the concept of dementia there exists at least 6 different types..Alzheimer's, Vascular, Lewy Body, Baleines, Pugilistic and Picks Disease.  Many of these are the different causes of Dementia, with similar consequences. Some are hereditary and some are caused by head injury or stroke.

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