Is Alzheimers a Type of Dementia, or Are They Two Different Diseases?

3 Comments

1. AMBER D says:

   June 10, 2010 at 6:05 am

   Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) is a type of dementia.

   Dementia is a disease in which a progressive decline occurs in memory, thinking abilities, personality and behaviour.
   There are over 50 causes of Dementia but the commonest cause of Dementia in older people is Alzheimer’s Disease.

   Dementia with Lewy Bodies This form of dementia seems to be linked to Parkinson’s disease, but also affects about a fifth to a quarter of people diagnosed as having Alzheimer’s disease.
   Multi-Infarct Dementia (MID)/Vascular Dementia
   This form of dementia is caused by a series of small strokes which cut off the blood supply to certain areas of the brain causing brain cells to die
   Pick’s Disease / Frontal lobe dementia / Fronto-temporal degeneration
   Frontal lobe dementia is the term used to describe a number of forms of dementia which involve damage to the brain cells mainly in the frontal lobe of the brain.
   Parkinson’s Disease
   This is a progressive neurological disorder. People with Parkinson’s disease tend to have difficulty walking, writing and dressing etc. because they lose a high percentage of the neurotransmitter dopamine, which helps to control movement. Between twenty to thirty percent of sufferers develop dementia in the late stages of the disease
   Alcohol Related Dementia

   Binswanger’s Disease

   Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD)

   Progressive Supranuclear Palsy

   Huntington’s Disease
2. booboo says:

   June 11, 2010 at 9:27 am

   they are very similar, both affect your memory. Dementia happens and deteriorates very fast, affects short term memory first, then long, they both usually end up in death!
3. ariana theodora says:

   June 14, 2010 at 3:35 pm

   dementia is a characteristic of Alzheimer’s
   some types of dementia can be reversed like drug or alcohol induced dementia,
   Wernicke-Korsakoff’s syndrome is irreversible dementia resulting from alcohol use