Question 1

can overmethylation cause dementia?

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No: Dementia is usually differentiated into two types: vascular type, and non-vascular type.  Vascular dementia is due to disruption in the vascular supply causing degeneration of neurons.  Non-vascular dementia, such as Alzheimer's dementia, Lewy body dementia are cause by mechanisms involve amyloid plaque depositions and neurofibrillary tangles, and accumulation of Lewy body in the neuron.

Question 2

what are the most common causes of dementia at 22?

Accepted Answer

Wow: It is so uncommon I guess I would say dementia from alcohol and drug abuse, vascular origin and maybe post traumatic would be most common in that age group.  You can go way out and say perhaps some severe metabolic disorders like hypothyroidism might be a cause... But all these are really really uncommon.

Question 3

can fixcom 4 cause dementia?

Accepted Answer

I am not: aware of such association...LIVER FUNCTION ABNORMALITIES and Gastrointestinal irritation
are the known side effects.

Hope this helps!
Dr Z'

Question 4

can radon cause dementia?

Accepted Answer

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 5

what causes vascular dementia?

Accepted Answer

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 6

what are the causes of senile dementia?

Accepted Answer

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 7

hi what is the cause of cystic fibrosis ?

Accepted Answer

Recessive genes: A mutation is carried in the dna of both unaffected parents ; that matching or similar mutation is paired up at conception when the sperm ; egg form completed chromasomes with the defective info. Late in pregnancy and after delivery, the effect of the CF gene abnormality begins to reveal itself. In carriers, the good gene compensates for the bad ; no problems occur.

Question 8

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 9

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.

Question 10

what type of drugs cause dementia or alzheimers?

Accepted Answer

Pseudo dementia : Drugs do not cause alzheimer's, but numerous medicines can make it far worse due to anti-cholinergic side effects, and many elderly pts can seem to be demented due to drug effects, which reverse when med is modified.

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