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Alzheimer's disease |
Is a progressive brain disorder that has a gradual onset - increasing decline in functioning |
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Characteristics of Alzheimer's disease |
Loss of speech, loss of motor function, paranoia, delusions, hallucinations, inattention to hygiene, and belligerence. motor function, paranoia, delusions, hallucinations, inattention to hygiene, and belligerence. |
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Vascular dementia |
Symptoms similar to alzheimers disease. Onset is abrupt followed by rapid changes in functioning and more abrupt changes and so on. CT and MRI shows multiple vascular lesions of the cerebral cortex and subcortical, resulting decreased blood supply to the brain. |
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Pick's disease |
Degerative brain disease that affect the frontal and temporal lobes and similar to that I'd Alzheimer's disease. |
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What are early signs of Pick's disease |
Personality changes, loss of social skills and inhibitions, emotional blunting, and language abnormalities. Onset is commonly 50-60 yr of age; death occurs in 2-5 yrs |
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Parkinson's disease |
Slowly progressive neurologic condition - loss of neurons of the basal ganglia. |
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Characteristics of Parkinson's disease |
Tremor, rigidity, bradykinesia, postural instability, slow cognitive and motor function, impaired memory, impaired executive functioning |
