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Can a teenager get or have dementia or alzheimer's?
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Dementia: Dementia can occur in late childhood or early adulthood. Causes are varied, from alcohol to drugs. Alzheimer disease, while extremely rare can occur in teen agers
Answered 9/22/2014
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Why yes: Not Alzheimer's, but if you huff enough glue or paint fumes you will fry your brain. You can induce dementia by such behavior. It is not going to be a disease thing, but strange things are possible.
Answered 7/21/2017
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