How Does Lewy Body Dementia Differ from Alzheimer's?

By Christine Kennard, Health Guide Tuesday, February 17, 2009

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Lewy body dementia (DLB) is increasingly being seen as one of the most common forms of dementia. Like vascular dementia, it is believed to be the second most common type after Alzheimer's. In this type of dementia the cause of the brain damage is different to Alzheimer's and abnormal pr...

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David Thomas

2/18/09 8:11am

Hello Dr.

I am delighted to read your post on LBD. Thank you for helping to educate the public and other physicians about Lewy Body Dementia.

David Thomas MD

http://knittingdoc.wordpress.com

Carol Bradley Bursack, Health Guide

2/19/09 12:12pm

Very interesting article, Christine. Lewy body dementia doesn't get as much attention as Alzheimer's, but I believe people will become more aware of different types of dementia with all of the research and current news.

I wrote about Pick's disease, which is another, though more rare, form of dementia. There are so many issues for a physician to look at before arriving at a diagnosis.

Thanks for the informative article.

Carol

Christine Kennard, Health Guide

2/23/09 8:35am

Thanks Carol. I have put your sharepost as a link on it now. It has lots of great info.

Christine

Carol Bradley Bursack, Health Guide

2/23/09 10:47am

Great! I'm looking forward to your next post on the dementias. This is important. People have a lot of questions about the differences.

Carol

Sue Higgins

2/22/10 8:32am

Hi Christine,

Thank you for writing about Dementia with Lewy Bodies.

I am my mom's Care Giver, she has Lewy Bodies. The days when she's clear are awesome. She takes natural remedies to treat her symptoms; we see a Naturopath Doctor and traditional doctors.

Last week I created a subliminal hypnosis recording for my mom (I am a trained Clinical Hypnotherapist) and the results are amazing. Her issues are finding words... she is not stuttering and she's finding the right word more often than not.

My mom is sensitive to all pharma medications. The natural remedies work awesome.

Not long ago her insurance company called and asked me what I'm doing with my mom? They called twice. I wrote a blog post about it here. http://backdoorlogic.blogspot.com/2009/12/day-insurance-company-called.html

Thank you for getting the word out about DLB - it's a horrible disease that leaves the patient and the care giver feeling abandoned because people don't understand the illness.

Christine Kennard, Health Guide

2/22/10 12:08pm

Thanks for contacting me Susan. I have looked at your blog and your experience of finding new approaches for your Mom. It sounds very interesting and you are getting some good results. Hopefully others caregiving to someone with Lewy Bodies will find it inspirational and helpful. Well done!

All my best wishes to you and your Mom

Christine

Sue Higgins

2/22/10 12:31pm

Thank you for visiting my blog... my mom she is having super results. As a Care Giver I've learned that my behavior and emotions are very important. LBD patients are super sensitive to emotions and feelings given off by others.

Thanks again for writing about LBD.

Sue

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