Warning signs for Dementia

Many people thought that forgetting why you have walked into a room (39%) might be a sign, which could happen to anyone. For a person with dementia, it is not so much why they walked into a room that is troubling, but the room itself seeming unfamiliar.

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Warning signs for Dementia

Seek medical advice if your memory loss is affecting daily life and especially if you:

• struggle to remember recent events, although you can easily recall things that happened in the past
• find it hard to follow conversations or programmes on TV
• forget the names of friends or everyday objects
• cannot recall things you have heard, seen or read
• lose the thread of what you are saying
• have problems thinking and reasoning
• feel anxious, depressed or angry
• feel confused even when in a familiar environment or get lost on familiar journeys
• find that other people start to notice or comment on your memory loss

The risk of dementia increases with age with one-in-six of those over 80 having the degenerative disease. But it can strike even in middle-age.




Link: http://www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/common-topics/d.htm