There are different types of dementia. Alzheimer’s is a disease that causes dementia. This is the best-known cause of dementia. There are two kinds of abnormal proteins that appear in the brain during the Alzheimer’s. They form clumps that interfere with how brain cells communicate with each other. They also make new memories. Vascular dementia is the second well-known disease that causes dementia. It happens when the blood flow in the brain is reduces. Blood carries oxygen through the vessels and without it the brain cells can die. There are two types of vascular dementia: * Stroke-related dementia happens following a stroke when parts of the brain are affected. This can cause difficulties in speech, coordination and moving. * Subcortical vascular dementia is caused by a series of small changes to blood vessels in the brain. They can damage parts of the brain and cause memory loss. Dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) is caused by small clumps which appear inside nerve cells in the brain. The protein clumps damage the way nerve cells communicate and work. Sometimes it is difficult to recognize whether it is Alzheimer’s of DLB because some of the symptoms are typical for both. Frontotemporal dementia (FTD) is disease where frontal and temporal lobes of the brain shrink. There are three types of proteins, which become toxic to brain cells if they clump together.
One of the ways of memory impairments happens to the people who are diagnosed with stroke related vascular dementia. Sometimes after stroke people lose memory which is called vascular dementia.
People who have dementia are likely to be misunderstood and misunderstand what the others are trying to say to them. Mixing the people (ex. Someone thinks that their brother is actually their father) can be a problem for the individuals with dementia. It can also be very distressing and