Question 1

what does senile dementia uncomplicated mean?

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Old terminology: Senile dementia is an old term for what we now call late onset alzheimer's disease.. Uncompicated means without delusions, depression or other behavior disturbance.

Question 2

i saw a term pre-senile dementia. what is that?

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Definitions: Pre-senile dementia -- is an early onset dementia (usually before the age of 65).

Question 3

differences between senile dementia and altzheimers disease?

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Category/type: "senile dementia" is the everyday expression for a class of disorders (dementias) that occur in the elderly population. Alzheimer's is a common type of dementia that typically occurs in elderly people.

Question 4

what does senile dementia mean?

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Dementia: Loss of cognitive ability (ie dementia) that occurs in old age (senile).  This could include alzheimers or multi infarct (from strokes).

Question 5

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 6

what are the physiological causes of death in senile dementia?

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Dementia: Bronchopneumonia and ischaemic heart disease.

Question 7

whats the difference between presenile and senile dementia and altzheimers disease?

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Dementia: Is a general term for memory loss.  Presenile simply means a dementia that occurred before expected.  Senile means dementia that has occurred at a "more appropriate" age.  Alzheimer's is a particular type of dementia.

Question 8

are senile dementia and alzheimer's nearly the same disease?

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Yes: "dementia" is a general term for a decline in cognitive capacity from what was previously achieved (unlike developmental disabilities.)  "senile" means it occurs after the age of 65.  "pre-senile" means before the age of 65.  Alzheimer's, or "senile dementia, Alzheimer's type" is a particular pattern of dementia, distinguished from vascular dementia, fronto-temporal dementia, or other dementias.

Question 9

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 10

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.

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