Oorzaak dementie?

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Bericht 05-01-'07, 22:26

ZonnTroLL

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Oorzaak dementie?

Wat is de oorzaak van dementie eigenlijk?
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Bericht 06-01-'07, 09:33

hjns25

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Re: Oorzaak dementie?

Wat is de oorzaak van dementie eigenlijk?
Wist je dat er een online encyclopedie is waar je al heel wat kunt vinden?

zie wikipedia
wikipedia:

Dementia is a non-specific term that encompasses many disease processes, just as fever is attributable to many etiologies.
wikipedia:

Most common causes

Alzheimer's disease

Vascular dementia (also known as multi-infarct dementia), including Binswanger's disease

Dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB)

Alcohol Induced Persisting Dementia

Frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD), including Pick's disease  

Frontotemporal dementia (or frontal variant FTLD)

Semantic dementia (or temporal variant FTLD)

Progressive non-fluent aphasia

Less common causes

It can also be a consequence of:

Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease

Huntington's disease

Parkinson's disease

HIV infection (leading to AIDS dementia complex)

Head trauma

People with Down's syndrome have an increased risk of developing dementia of the Alzheimer's type. This risk increases as the person ages.

Treatable causes

Less than 5% of a sample of dementia cases have a potentially treatable cause. These include:

Hypothyroidism

Vitamin B1 (thiamine) deficiency

Vitamin B12, Vitamin A deficiency

Depressive pseudodementia (note: dementia and depression can coexist in many patients and can be difficult to differentiate.)

Normal pressure hydrocephalus

Tumor
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