a progressive degenerative brain disease of old age, marked by such symptoms as short-term memory loss, slowness in thought and movement, confusion, disorientation, depression, difficulty communicating, and the loss of physical function. Alzheimer's disease accounts for about half of all senile dementia cases.
Dementia of the aged; results from degeneration of the brain in the absence of cerebrovascular disease See also: Treatment
cognitive deterioration due to aging.
The Condition"...Certain abnormalities of a person's metabolism or hormones may also be responsible for the development of dementia, including the following ... Deficiency of niacin, or vitamin B3..."
Dementia in old age. A term in common use before it was realised that dementia has nothing to do with growing old.
an outdated term that reflects the formerly widespread belief that dementia was a normal part of aging. The word senile is derived from a Latin term that means, roughly, "old age. "
Dated term referring to organic dementia associated with old age. (Refer to dementia and/or Alzheimer's.)
an outdated term, previously used for dementia in old age.
Dated term for organic dementia associated with old age. Now referred to as dementia and/or Alzheimer's.
Outdated term referring to organic dementia associated with old age. Dementia was formerly divided by age of onset into senile (over age 65) and pre-senile (under age 65). But this division is now considered artificial since symptoms are identical regardless of age.
loss of cognitive functions in elderly people
The Condition"...Certain abnormalities of a person's metabolism or hormones may also be responsible for the development of dementia, including the following ... Deficiency, or low body levels, of vitamin B12..."
Our Question about duration of reasonably-controlled diabetes"Hypertension, diabetes and heart disease are risk factors for reduced circulation in the brain, sometimes called ischemic vascular dementia (IVD)..."
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