Hi! I need some explanation. Recently my grandfather started to behave very odd and my mother was sure that he had Alzheimer's disease. But when my grandfather went to see a doctor, she told him that it’s frontotemporal dementia. Now I’m wondering why is frontotemporal dementia often misdiagnosed as Alzheimer's?
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Hi! I know something about elderly dementia. I read a lot about this disease. All types of dementia have similar symptoms as Alzheimer's disease. It’s nothing strange to misdiagnose them. But, of course, there are many differences. Patients suffering with frontotemporal dementia will not experience episodes involving true lack of memory as patients with Alzheimer's.
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Hallo,
Frontotemporal dementia is a disorder that influence on your personality and behavior. The fact is that this condition can have influence on your language as well. The fact is that parts of your brain in front temporal area tend to shrink and atrophy. How much changes have you noticed in your grandfather? I now that some cases are severe that you lose your whole personality because of this disorder. The fact is that this condition is very similar with Alzheimer’s but it happens much before between age of 40 and 70. So you see why there is often misdiagnosis of this condition. How old is your grandfather? Has he lost his ability to speak normally? I hope this helped.
Frontotemporal dementia is a disorder that influence on your personality and behavior. The fact is that this condition can have influence on your language as well. The fact is that parts of your brain in front temporal area tend to shrink and atrophy. How much changes have you noticed in your grandfather? I now that some cases are severe that you lose your whole personality because of this disorder. The fact is that this condition is very similar with Alzheimer’s but it happens much before between age of 40 and 70. So you see why there is often misdiagnosis of this condition. How old is your grandfather? Has he lost his ability to speak normally? I hope this helped.
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