Dementia and Memory Loss

Pick’s disease is one of the varieties of senile frontotemporal dementia, in which atrophic changes occur, most often in the frontal and temporal lobes of the brain. In clinical manifestations, it is similar to Alzheimer’s disease, but it is less common and more malignant. In women, it is diagnosed twice as often as in men….

Dementia is a disease in which the cognitive (ability to think) abilities of the patient are impaired. Dementia causes a gradual deterioration in memory, mental abilities, the ability to navigate in time and space, and the ability to recognize people and objects. It happens that dementia turns into Alzheimer’s disease. Alzheimer’s disease is the most…

Getting to Dementia meaning, in general, it affects memory, thinking, and social abilities severely enough to interfere with your daily life. It isn’t a specific disease, but several conditions may cause dementia.  Abnormal brain changes lead to disorders sorted under the general term “dementia.” These changes provoke a decline in thinking skills, also known as…

People have been trying to understand what memory is and where it is stored since ancient times. The ancient Greeks believed that information in the form of some particles enters the brain and leaves imprints on its soft matter. Such outstanding figures of the ancient world as the philosopher Plato and the physician Hippocrates considered…

Many people think that Alzheimer’s disease is the only condition that can lead to dementia. However, several diseases can cause permanent memory loss. Thus, making a diagnosis a significant issue. All of us forget things from time to time. Recall how long you searched for keys or forgot a person’s name, even though they just…