Dementia - Diagnosis and treatment - Mayo Clinic
WEBAfter being diagnosed with dementia, you'll need to consider many details to prepare you and your family members to deal with the condition. Care and support for the person with the disease. Here are some suggestions you can try to help yourself cope with the disease: Learn about memory loss, dementia and Alzheimer's disease.
Alzheimer's treatments: What's on the horizon? - Mayo Clinic
WEBJul 10, 2024 · Some of the new Alzheimer's treatments target clumps of the protein beta-amyloid, known as plaques, in the brain. Plaques are a characteristic sign of Alzheimer's disease. Strategies aimed at beta-amyloid include: Recruiting the immune system.
Dementia - Symptoms and causes - Mayo Clinic
WEBSome causes of dementia-like symptoms can be reversed with treatment. They include: Infections and immune disorders. Dementia-like symptoms can result from a fever or other side effects of the body's attempt to fight off an infection.
Alzheimer's disease - Diagnosis and treatment - Mayo Clinic
WEBJul 10, 2024 · Understand more about this brain disorder that's the most common cause of dementia. Also learn about new tests and medicines on the market. This content does not have an English version.
Lewy body dementia - Diagnosis and treatment - Mayo Clinic
WEBJun 2, 2023 · There's no cure for Lewy body dementia, but many of the symptoms can improve with targeted treatments. Medications. Cholinesterase inhibitors. These Alzheimer's disease medicines work by increasing the levels of chemical messengers in the brain, known as neurotransmitters.
Alzheimer's disease - Symptoms and causes - Mayo Clinic
WEBJul 10, 2024 · Alzheimer's disease causes the brain to shrink and brain cells to eventually die. Alzheimer's disease is the most common cause of dementia — a gradual decline in memory, thinking, behavior and social skills. These changes affect …
Vascular dementia - Diagnosis & treatment - Mayo Clinic
WEBJul 29, 2021 · Treatment often focuses on managing the health conditions and risk factors that contribute to vascular dementia. Controlling conditions that affect the underlying health of your heart and blood vessels can sometimes slow the rate at which vascular dementia gets worse, and may also sometimes prevent further decline.
Frontotemporal dementia - Diagnosis and treatment - Mayo Clinic
WEBNov 28, 2023 · There's currently no cure or treatment for frontotemporal dementia, although research into treatments is ongoing. Medicines used to treat or slow Alzheimer's disease don't seem to be helpful for people with frontotemporal dementia.
Vascular dementia - Symptoms & causes - Mayo Clinic
WEBJul 29, 2021 · Vascular dementia results from conditions that damage your brain's blood vessels, reducing their ability to supply your brain with the amounts of nutrition and oxygen it needs to perform thought processes effectively. Common conditions that may lead to vascular dementia include: Stroke (infarction) blocking a brain artery.
Autoimmune dementia: Defining a treatable disorder - Mayo Clinic
WEBDec 23, 2015 · Acute treatment for autoimmune dementia generally involves intravenous steroids once a day for five days. "If patients improve, and do indeed have an autoimmune dementia, it usually occurs within the first week of treatment. A smaller minority will start to improve within the first month," Dr. Flanagan says.