What is the difference...??
Question: What is the difference between Dementia and Alzheimers?
they both deal with memory loss and happen when a person becomes older so what is the difference?
Answers: Dementia is the term used to describe the symptoms of a large group of illnesses which cause a progressive decline in a person's mental functioning. It is a broad term which describes a loss of memory, intellect, rationality, social skills and normal emotional reactions.
Alzheimer's disease is the most common form of dementia and accounts for between 50% and 70% of all cases. It is a progressive, degenerative disease that attacks the brain. In its early phases, the symptoms can be subtle such as memory loss and vagueness, taking longer to do routine tasks, or losing the point of a conversation. As the disease progresses, the changes will become more dramatic until, in the last stages, the person cannot care for themselves.
http://www.alzvic.asn.au/faq2.htm
ALZHEIMERS IS THE EARLY STAGES MAY HAVE LITTLE CONTROL OVER SYMPTOMS AND DEMENTIA IS THE LATER STAGES VERY LITTLE CONTROL OVER SYMPTOMS ..REALLY THERES NO DIFFERENCE ..DEMENTIA IS THE LATER STAGES OF ALZHEIMERS DISEASE!
NOthing different, At least that is what I remember I think.
worked at a nursing home before where i learned that you can get Alzheimer's as early as 35.Dementia is more of a generic term and Alzheimer''s a specific condition.Maybe a weird comparissn but kinda like Dementia is to sports and Alzheimer's is to swiiming.(backwards?)Not making fun of it,it's a really serious condition that goes tthrouh several sad,frustrating,degenerating stages.
they both deal with memory loss and happen when a person becomes older so what is the difference?
Answers: Dementia is the term used to describe the symptoms of a large group of illnesses which cause a progressive decline in a person's mental functioning. It is a broad term which describes a loss of memory, intellect, rationality, social skills and normal emotional reactions.
Alzheimer's disease is the most common form of dementia and accounts for between 50% and 70% of all cases. It is a progressive, degenerative disease that attacks the brain. In its early phases, the symptoms can be subtle such as memory loss and vagueness, taking longer to do routine tasks, or losing the point of a conversation. As the disease progresses, the changes will become more dramatic until, in the last stages, the person cannot care for themselves.
http://www.alzvic.asn.au/faq2.htm
ALZHEIMERS IS THE EARLY STAGES MAY HAVE LITTLE CONTROL OVER SYMPTOMS AND DEMENTIA IS THE LATER STAGES VERY LITTLE CONTROL OVER SYMPTOMS ..REALLY THERES NO DIFFERENCE ..DEMENTIA IS THE LATER STAGES OF ALZHEIMERS DISEASE!
NOthing different, At least that is what I remember I think.
worked at a nursing home before where i learned that you can get Alzheimer's as early as 35.Dementia is more of a generic term and Alzheimer''s a specific condition.Maybe a weird comparissn but kinda like Dementia is to sports and Alzheimer's is to swiiming.(backwards?)Not making fun of it,it's a really serious condition that goes tthrouh several sad,frustrating,degenerating stages.
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