Alzheimer’s Disease, Dementia Care Research and Awareness

Vascular dementia

Vascular dementia is the wider term for dementia associated with brain damage from impaired blood flow to the brain. The various types of dementia are Single-infarct, Multi-infarct dementia, Subcortical vascular dementia (Binswanger's disease), and Mixed dementia. Its clinical symptoms are Problems with planning or organising, concentrating, including short periods of sudden confusion and Memory, language and visuospatial skills also get affected.

Anyone can be affected by Vascular dementia, but several factors increase the risk. These include: High blood pressure, Smoking, Diabetes, High cholesterol, History of mild warning strokes, Evidence of disease in arteries elsewhere and Heart rhythm abnormalities, while no remedy can reverse the damage that has already been occurred, treatment to prevent extra strokes may be very essential.