This paper explores many pieces of literature which describe the world of dementia. The articles go into length on the severity of the specific types of dementia, provide well built explanations of the types of dementia, symptoms, and provide various symptoms and common treatments. This paper will include a case study which dives into a patient's history, state their symptoms, and conclude with a final diagnosis. As there are many ways to treat a patient, research on medications and therapies will be explained as well as the final decision of what the patient should take/do to help best suit their dementia.
Case of Dementia, Patient John Stevenson
Different Types Of Dementia and Physicians Diagnosis The human brain and body …show more content…
The symptoms of Vascular Dementia may occur suddenly or gradually, and they tend to get worse over time. The systems of Vascular dementia symptoms may be more obvious when they happen soon after a stroke, such as “confusion, disorientation, trouble speaking or understanding speech, or vision loss”(Vascular). As the dementia goes into long term, “significant slowness of thought, difficulty finding the right words, severe personality changes[being aggressive] and finding difficult to walk to keep balance” arise. (NHS Vascular). As Vascular Dementia symptoms sometimes co-exist with Alzheimer's, having a medical history and brain scan allows physicians to better distinguish the type of dementia the patient may be …show more content…
John’s wife, Jane told us that John has coronary heart disease, has not lived a very healthy life, has been a smoker, and drinks. John has also had high blood pressure, and has had high cholesterol in the recent years. She also explains that John's memory and general-cognitive abilities have declined drastically in a relatively short period of time, and that John has had trouble walking sometimes. She has tried to change his lifestyle into a healthier one, but he has not listened. I conducted several tests on John. I first conducted a blood pressure, cholesterol, and blood sugar test. The results, as I predicted, came out at so, John has high blood pressure, cholesterol, and blood sugar. To see what damage this may have caused his brain and body, I conducted braining imaging with a CT and MRI scan. Through the CT scan, I observed that John seemed to have a mini stroke and noticed that he had damaged blood vessels. He also had affected tissue that is consistent with the types of impairment related to Vascular Dementia. As his symptoms are very similar with alzheimer's as well, I looked back into the results of the scans, tests, and comments of his wife Jane. Jane described his general cognitive abilities to have “declined drastically,” and that he has not lived a “healthy” life. Degenerative tissue, damaged blood
Case of Dementia, Patient John Stevenson
Different Types Of Dementia and Physicians Diagnosis The human brain and body …show more content…
The symptoms of Vascular Dementia may occur suddenly or gradually, and they tend to get worse over time. The systems of Vascular dementia symptoms may be more obvious when they happen soon after a stroke, such as “confusion, disorientation, trouble speaking or understanding speech, or vision loss”(Vascular). As the dementia goes into long term, “significant slowness of thought, difficulty finding the right words, severe personality changes[being aggressive] and finding difficult to walk to keep balance” arise. (NHS Vascular). As Vascular Dementia symptoms sometimes co-exist with Alzheimer's, having a medical history and brain scan allows physicians to better distinguish the type of dementia the patient may be …show more content…
John’s wife, Jane told us that John has coronary heart disease, has not lived a very healthy life, has been a smoker, and drinks. John has also had high blood pressure, and has had high cholesterol in the recent years. She also explains that John's memory and general-cognitive abilities have declined drastically in a relatively short period of time, and that John has had trouble walking sometimes. She has tried to change his lifestyle into a healthier one, but he has not listened. I conducted several tests on John. I first conducted a blood pressure, cholesterol, and blood sugar test. The results, as I predicted, came out at so, John has high blood pressure, cholesterol, and blood sugar. To see what damage this may have caused his brain and body, I conducted braining imaging with a CT and MRI scan. Through the CT scan, I observed that John seemed to have a mini stroke and noticed that he had damaged blood vessels. He also had affected tissue that is consistent with the types of impairment related to Vascular Dementia. As his symptoms are very similar with alzheimer's as well, I looked back into the results of the scans, tests, and comments of his wife Jane. Jane described his general cognitive abilities to have “declined drastically,” and that he has not lived a “healthy” life. Degenerative tissue, damaged blood