Vascular dementia: Six symptoms to look out for to detect the disease early
VASCULAR dementia is a cruel disease estimated to affect
around 150,000 people in the UK. Symptoms can often be confused with the usual
effects of old age, but there are signs to look out for which could help you to
detect the disease early. Here are six of them.
Vascular dementia is a common type of dementia caused by
reduced blood flow to the brain, which damages and eventually kills the brain
cells.
The symptoms can come on suddenly or gradually, and tend to
get worse over time, but it is sometimes possible to slow this down though
treatment.
According to the NHS, there are six mild early signs of
vascular dementia.
These are:
- Significant slowness of thought
- Feeling disorientated and confused
- Memory loss and difficulty concentrating
- Difficulty finding the right words
- Severe personality changes, such as becoming aggressive
- Depression, mood swings and lack of interest or enthusiasm
- Finding it difficult to walk and keep balance, with frequent falls
- Loss of bladder control (incontinence)
- Increasing difficulty with daily activities
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