Comments on: What Are the Differences Between Altzeimers and Vascular Dementia? http://symptomsofalzheimers.org/alzheimers/what-are-the-differences-between-altzeimers-and-vascular-dementia Answers to all of your questions about alzheimer's disease. Sat, 04 Feb 2012 23:14:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Gevera Bert http://symptomsofalzheimers.org/alzheimers/what-are-the-differences-between-altzeimers-and-vascular-dementia/comment-page-1#comment-1354 Gevera Bert Tue, 03 Aug 2010 03:47:12 +0000 http://symptomsofalzheimers.org/alzheimers/what-are-the-differences-between-altzeimers-and-vascular-dementia#comment-1354 They are two different forms of dementia. Vascular dementia is caused by strokes. Alzheimer's is a complex of symptoms including plaque build-up on the neurons, neuron death due to plaque & tangles, tangles of dead neurons, and brain atrophy. There are drugs to slow the symptoms of Alzheimer's but no cure yet. Good luck. They are two different forms of dementia. Vascular dementia is caused by strokes. Alzheimer’s is a complex of symptoms including plaque build-up on the neurons, neuron death due to plaque & tangles, tangles of dead neurons, and brain atrophy.
There are drugs to slow the symptoms of Alzheimer’s but no cure yet.
Good luck.

]]> By: The Doc http://symptomsofalzheimers.org/alzheimers/what-are-the-differences-between-altzeimers-and-vascular-dementia/comment-page-1#comment-1353 The Doc Sat, 31 Jul 2010 06:37:20 +0000 http://symptomsofalzheimers.org/alzheimers/what-are-the-differences-between-altzeimers-and-vascular-dementia#comment-1353 Well, vascular dementia is basically a series of small (and sometimes not so small) strokes that over time add up to cause an impairment of memory and function that qualifies as dementia. It can be prevented (or slowed) in all the same ways you can reduce your chances of having a stroke, low cholesterol diet, no smoking, basically whatever is good for the heart is good for the brain. Alzheimer's disease is something else entirely, we're not sure exactly what causes it, nor exactly how to prevent it (apart from remaining active, which seems to help), the mechanism by which is causes dementia is different as well. Well, vascular dementia is basically a series of small (and sometimes not so small) strokes that over time add up to cause an impairment of memory and function that qualifies as dementia. It can be prevented (or slowed) in all the same ways you can reduce your chances of having a stroke, low cholesterol diet, no smoking, basically whatever is good for the heart is good for the brain.
Alzheimer’s disease is something else entirely, we’re not sure exactly what causes it, nor exactly how to prevent it (apart from remaining active, which seems to help), the mechanism by which is causes dementia is different as well.

]]> By: IIDX Chem http://symptomsofalzheimers.org/alzheimers/what-are-the-differences-between-altzeimers-and-vascular-dementia/comment-page-1#comment-1352 IIDX Chem Tue, 27 Jul 2010 21:32:49 +0000 http://symptomsofalzheimers.org/alzheimers/what-are-the-differences-between-altzeimers-and-vascular-dementia#comment-1352 Do you mean Alzheimer's. Dementia means lost of memory, for your case should be vascular caused due to loss of blood to the white matter of ur brain. In laymans term, you would need to supply your brain with sufficient blood if not will cause the death of ur brain. You would have to know what is blocking ur blood supply too, izzit thrombosis? Anyway, there are commerical drugs out there for alzhemier all in the source link. Do you mean Alzheimer’s.

Dementia means lost of memory, for your case should be vascular caused due to loss of blood to the white matter of ur brain.

In laymans term, you would need to supply your brain with sufficient blood if not will cause the death of ur brain.
You would have to know what is blocking ur blood supply too, izzit thrombosis?

Anyway, there are commerical drugs out there for alzhemier all in the source link.

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