Dementia Essay

The topic I chose for my research paper was dementia. I was interested in this topic because it came to my attention that my grandmother, who is in her early 70’s, was showing signs of dementia. I wanted to research it so I could find out for about it. Before I researched dementia I only knew a handful of things about treatments, symptoms, and causes. However, after I researched, I found out things that I would never would have imagined to be true. Before I started my research I was hoping to learn more about why there was no cure or if there was an organization that was trying to find the cure. In order to find out information I looked for reliable scientists’ and their research on dementia.
The symptoms of dementia are in different categories such as: Cognitive, behavioral changes, mood changes, psychological
Dementia has different affects on people, depending where in the brain it has affected. Progressive dementias are types of dementia that so far along it can’t be reversed. Alzheimer’s disease is the most common type of dementia and it is found in people around 65 and older. According to the Cleveland Clinic, Alzheimer’s disease is responsible for 50 to 70 percent of all cases of dementia. Vascular dementia is the second most common type of dementia. It occurs as a result of damage to the vessels that supply blood to your brain. Lewy body dementia is another common type of progressive dementia. Lewy bodies are abnormal clumps of protein found in the brains of people with dementia causing diseases. Frontotemporal dementia is a group that is a less common type of dementia. The group is characterized by the failure of nerve cells in the areas of the brain associated with personality, behavior, and language. Mixed dementia is a combination of Alzheimer’s disease, vascular dementia, and Lewy body dementia found in the brains of people around the age 80 and