Dementia refers to deterioration of intellectual abilities caused by an organic brain disorder.
What is dementia?
In dementia, a person loses memory, has trouble in reasoning and solving problems and other such symptoms which interfere in the normal activities of an individual.
It is caused due to brain cell damage which hinders the brain cells in interacting with each other while generating responses.
Dementia is not a distinct disease but is caused due to a variety of medical conditions especially Alzheimer’s disease.
Symptoms can be managed by medications and therapy but there is no proper cure of dementia in later stages.
Certain factors which increase the risk of dementia are smoking, diabetes, aging, alcohol abuse.
A person even has difficulties in remembering the name of close ones.
