Delirium, Dementia & Other Cognitive Disorders

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dementia treatment

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I feel like my world is falling apart. My only parent, my mother is suffering from senile dementia. She is 75 years old, and my only true friend, I got divorced two years ago, my children are grown up already and, well, she's all I have now. There has to be some kind of dementia treatment. I cannot...

by Guest over a year ago

over a year ago by margy31770

the risk of autism?

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hi, im 20 years old and my fiancé is 18..she has a brother who is 17 years old with asperger's syndrome..and her mother has an autistic nephew (the son of my fiancé's mother's brother), my fiancé has 2 other siblings which are not autistic or anything related to that.. but we think that there is...

by onurbole24867 over a year ago

over a year ago by onurbole24867

delirium treatment

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I have been drinking a lot for a long time. Sometimes I am a shame of everything I have done during my drinking period. I want to stop now. I have professional assistance. They have warned me that there is possibility of delirium tremens. If that happen what kind of treatment they will undertake?

by blayne19435 over a year ago

over a year ago by thomasine31051

72 years old grandmother dementia prognosis

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Hello. I have 72 years old grandmother that has dementia. She doesn't remember who we are, or mixes up who we are. She is strong as a horse, she can move, yet she almost don't know how to do the basic stuff, like going to the bathroom, or anywhere else. Is there a way that we can make granny's...

by latrena26360 over a year ago

over a year ago by evered32635

acute delirium?

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Hi, a few days ago I had a bizarre experience. I was at my friend's house when he started to act strange. He was confused and did not recognize me. First I thought that he was kidding with me, but when he started to talk nonsense I decided to take him to the doctor. There I was asked all sorts of...

by mendy25366 over a year ago

over a year ago by norrie19436

dementia training

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Hi, my uncle is suffering from dementia and he is 76 years old. I know that this disease is not curable but I would like to help him and to make his life as quality as possible. I have heard that there are trainings for people who wants to find out how to help their relatives or friends who are...

by cheri19437 over a year ago

over a year ago by norrie19436

hiv and dementia

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Hi, I am a thirty two years old woman. I am HIV positive. When I found out about this I was terribly shocked. My whole life changed. I couldn't eat, couldn't sleep. All I ever did was thought about the problem that I have. Somehow I managed to pull myself together and continue with my life. However,...

by latrena26360 over a year ago

over a year ago by norrie19436

Speaking two languages helps delay dementia

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Canadian researchers discovered that people who spoke and used two languages were less likely to suffer from dementia or the onset of the disease may be delayed. Dementia is incurable and it includes mental decline beyond the normal effects of aging. The symptoms could range from forgetting where...

by Miia2818 over a year ago

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