HLTHAGE 1BB3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Frontotemporal Dementia, Vascular Dementia, Frontal Lobe
23 Mar 2017
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Global: 47. 5 million people are currently diagnosed with dementia; 7. 7 new cases discovered each year. Canada: in 2011, 564,000 canadians were living with alzheimer disease of other related dementias. Dementia : a set of symptoms that are caused by disorders affecting different parts of the brain (language, intelligence, The combined health-care system costs and out-of-pocket caregiver costs amounted to . 4 billion/year decrease in memory) over 110 kinds of dementias. Highest risk factor in developing dementia : genetics and age (past age 65, and increases each year the older you get); 80 year old has a 50/50 chance of developing it. Average brain weight is 3 pounds, and after dementia it weighs about half. Starts in the short term part of the brain (limbic system) Individuals with dementia all experience it differently (even with the same diagnosis) 1: chronic long standing disease (people die from dementia same category as cancer) Neurotransmitters communicating between the brain itself sending messages.
