bunama, demans

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(Tıp) dementia

{i} mental impairment due to old age or illness (Medical)

A progressive illness involving loss of memory, loss of intellectual functions like reasoning and planning, and eventual loss of physical functions and personality [See Diagnosis] [Quick find]

Dementia is a serious illness of the mind. an illness that affects the brain and memory, and makes you gradually lose the ability to think and behave normally (mens ). Chronic, usually progressive deterioration of intellectual functions. Most common in the elderly, it usually begins with short-term-memory loss once thought a normal result of aging but now known to result from Alzheimer disease. Other common causes are Pick disease and vascular disease. Dementia also occurs in Huntington chorea, paresis (see paralysis), and some types of encephalitis. Treatable causes include hypothyroidism (see thyroid gland), other metabolic diseases, and some malignant tumours. Treatment may arrest dementia's progress but usually does not reverse it

chronic loss of mental capacity due to an organic cause Dementia may involve progressive deterioration of thinking, memory, behavior, personality and motor function, and may also be associated with psychological symptoms such as depression and apathy

A term used to describe a group of brain disorders that disrupt and impair cognitive functions (memory, personality, judgment, mood and social functioning)

An organic mental disorder characterized by loss of memory,impairment of judgement and abstract thinking and changes in personality

The medical term for a group of symptoms that describes a loss of intellectual ability, including loss of mental processes (e g , vocabulary, abstract thinking, judgment, memory loss, physical coordination) that interfere with daily activities The symptoms can be brought on by degenerative diseases (e g , Alzheimer's, Huntington's and Parkinson's diseases), vascular diseases or stroke, metabolic disorders (thyroid, liver kidney dysfunction or certain vitamin deficiencies), AIDS, drugs and alcohol, or psychiatric disorders Some dementing disorders may respond to treatments, others do not

global organic impairment of intellectual functioning without impairment of consciousness

Deterioration of mental abilities due to a disorder of the brain

Common clinical syndrome characterized by decline in cognitive function from previously attained intellectual level that is sustained for months or years

Loss of intellectual functions, (such as thinking, remembering, and reasoning) of sufficient severity to interfere within an individuals daily functioning

A mental disorder characterized by a disintegration of personality, confusion, disorientation, decreased intelligence, and difficulty controlling memory, judgment, and impulses

Generalised loss of intellectual abilities due to an organic mental disorder

Not a disease itself, but group of symptoms that is characterized by a decline in intellectual functioning that is severe enough to interfere with the ability to perform routine activities

A progressive decline in cognitive function due to damage or disease in the brain beyond what might be expected from normal aging. Areas particularly affected include memory, attention, judgement, language and problem solving

Insanity; madness; esp

severe impairment of mental functioning

Deterioration or loss of intellectual faculties, reasoning power, will, and memory due to organic brain disease; characterized by confusion, disorientation, and stupor of varying degrees

A disorder where brain cells die more quickly than in ordinary ageing, resulting in memory loss and confusion Although affecting different cells to those affected in PD, it is experienced by some, especially elderly, patients with PD

Dementia is the loss of a person's cognitive, or intellectual, function Cognitive function refers to all the various conscious mental tasks that we perform every waking second of every day, from remembering our name to performing complicated mathematical calculations Memory is one of the most essential cognitive functions, and it is the often the first and most crucial one that dementia impairs Dementia also affects problem-solving ability, decision making, judgement, our ability to orient ourselves in space, and our ability to put together simple sentences and understand and communicate with words It is also often associated with personality change Dementia is a permanent, progressive disease that affects mostly the elderly People who suffer from dementia eventually are unable to take care of themselves and require round-the-clock care

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