Q: What’s the difference between Alzheimer’s and dementia? – Terrence L.
A: Dementia is the term for a set of symptoms such as memory loss and impaired thinking. There are 10 different types of dementia, all with different symptoms:
- Vascular Dementia
- Dementia with Lewy Bodies
- Mixed Dementia
- Parkinson’s Disease
- Frontotemporal Dementia
- Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease
- Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus
- Huntington’s Disease
- Wernicke-Korsakoff Syndrome
- Alzheimer’s Disease
Alzheimer’s is a type of dementia that causes problems with memory, thinking and behavior. Symptoms usually develop slowly and get worse over time, becoming severe enough to interfere with daily tasks.
Alzheimer’s is a disease that is said to be the cause of 50 to 70% of dementia cases.
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source: BlackDoctor.org
