Question

three “Key Questions” you would employ when assessing a patient with apparent dementia, then select one of the “reversible” causes of dementia for your patient. What systemic conditions might be associated with this cause? List at least one. Finally, select three diagnostic tests you would run and explain why.

Answer 1

Dementia:

Dementia is a not specific disease it consists of group of symptoms such as loss of memory impaired attention, impaired visual perception.

1. Reversible causes of dementia:

• It includes thyroid problems.
• Vitamin deficiencies.
• Damage to the brain cells.
• Hereditary.
• Advanced age.
• Trauma to the head.
• Excessive use of alcohol.
• Medication side effects.
• Difresion.

2. The systemic condition might be associated with the cause is Alzheimer's disease.

3. Diagnostic procedure for dementia:

• Careful abservation of medical history.
• Physical examination.
• Memory test.
• Neurological examination.
• Magnetic resonance imaging.
• Computed tomography.

It will reavels the abnormality of the patient brain cells.