2007-01-09 16:02:52 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Infectious Diseases
Alzheimer's is primarily a loss of memory. It affects the brains ability to remember. whereas dementia is the loss of all the brains mental ability. They say that Alzheimer's is the single most common cause of dementia.
2007-01-09 16:10:17 · answer #1 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Alzheimer's is a form of dementia. There are other types and a person can have more than one type at the same time.
Everyone with Alzheimer's has dementia. Not everyone with dementia has Alzheimer's.
BTW, you posted this under "infectious diseases." Dementia isn't contagious.
2007-01-10 11:46:42 · answer #2 · answered by Gevera Bert 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Alzheimer's Disease is just one form of dementia. Dementia can include anything from that to problems caused by drug and alcohol abuse, nutritional deficiencies, strokes, or other diseases and/or organic problems. Incidentally, Alzheimer's can only be properly diagnosed at autopsy, until then, it's generally age-related or senile dementia or termed as "probable Alzheimer's".
2007-01-10 00:07:50 · answer #3 · answered by But Inside I'm Screaming 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dementia is a broader term, describing a condition of cognitive decline. Alzheimer's disease is a specific disorder with characteristic proteins (A-beta, tau) and aggregates (neurofibrillary tangles, amyloid plaques) in the brain.
Alzheimer's is the leading cause of dementia, but not the only cause - strokes, severe head trauma, other neurodegenerative diseases, and AIDS can also lead to dementia.
2007-01-10 00:15:59 · answer #4 · answered by Surely Funke 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dementia means insanity...alzheimer is loss of memory
2007-01-10 00:07:25 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋