Dementia Complications
Health Encyclopedia: Dementia
Chronic brain syndrome; Lewy body dementia; DLB; Vascular dementia
Treatment
The goal of treatment is to control the symptoms of dementia. Treatment depends on the specific condition causing the dementia. Some people may need to stay in the hospital for a short time.
Stopping or changing medications that make confusion worse may improve brain function. Medicines that contribute to confusion include anticholinergics,
Expert & Community Posts
Margaret Thatcher Has Dementia
By Christine Kennard , Health Expert...President of the United States. He died of pneumonia, a complication of Alzheimer's disease, in... Read more »
Why Cant' We All Agree on a Diagnosis?
By David Roeltgen, MD , Health Expert...covered previously: the issue of depressive “pseudo-dementia,” the diagnosis of mild... Read more »
Watch Medications for all Elders, Particularly Those with Dementia
By Carol Bradley Bursack , Health Expert...was as good as he would ever be. Dad lived with dementia for ten years before he died. There... Read more »
Finding Alternatives to Restraining Dementia Patients
By Carol Bradley Bursack , Health Expert...restraints here on OurAlzheimers in an article titled "For Dementia Patients, Drugs Shouldn't Be... Read more »
Dying of Alzheimer's Disease
By Christine Kennard , Health Expert...on all areas of their life and they die from the complications of the condition. Pneumonia is... Read more »
Health Guide
Reversible Dementias
...in the elderly.NPH might be caused by a head trauma, an infection, a tumor, or as the result of the complications of surgery. However, many people develop NPH when none of these factors are... Read more »Open the Door to Curing Alzheimers: Why This Research Must Become an Urgent Priority
...caregiver and journalist Dorian Martin, and caregiver expert Lynne Taetzsch, author of The Bipolar Dementia Art Chronicles: How a Manic-Depressive Artist Survives Being the Primary Caregiver for... Read more »Meet Lynne Taetzsch, Expert Caregiver
...record the events and vent my feelings. Later, I reshaped the material into a memoir, The Bipolar Dementia Art Chronicles: How a Manic-Depressive Artist Survives Being the Primary Caregiver for... Read more »Depression: elderly
...(prognosis) If detected, depression may respond to medical treatment. Undetected, it may lead to complications. The outcome is usually worse for those who have limited access to social... Read more »Syphilitic myelopathy
...Expectations (prognosis) Progressive disability is possible if the disorder is left untreated. Complications Difficulty with walking and balance Complications of... Read more »
Medications
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