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Thursday 09 March 2023
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A doctor warned that a lack of self-confidence could be an early sign of Alzheimer’s disease.
For example, a loss of confidence may cause a person to withdraw from their usual social relationships. A lack of interest in activities that once lit you up could be a sign of an altered brain condition, says Vandelli, head of dementia at Bupa NHS UK.
As the condition worsens, you may find it difficult to plan and make decisions, and people with Alzheimer’s disease can become “easily disoriented and anxious,” according to the British Express.
“It is understood that these changes in feelings and behavior can cause a person a lot of distress and can put them at greater risk of depression,” he explains.
Other signs to watch out for include:
Difficulty remembering times and dates
Difficulty obtaining new information
Forgetting the names of familiar people and places
“It’s important to remember that no two people will experience dementia in exactly the same way,” Vandelli continues. “In Alzheimer’s disease, abnormal proteins in the brain damage cells and over time these proteins start to die. Often the early symptoms are memory lapses.”
There are other forms of dementia, such as:
Vascular dementia
Dementia with Lewy bodies
Frontotemporal dementia.
The most common is vascular dementia, in which the brain is damaged when its blood supply is reduced.
“This may happen after a stroke, and vascular dementia symptoms can progress in large or small steps,” he added.
Signs of vascular dementia
Slow thinking
Difficulty planning
Trouble understanding
Concentration problems
changes in your mood or behaviour
Memory and language problems (but not as common as they are in people with Alzheimer’s disease).
Later signs of vascular dementia can include:
Very slow thinking
Feeling confused
Memory loss and difficulty concentrating
Difficulty finding the right words
Severe personality changes, such as becoming aggressive
Depression, mood swings, lack of interest or enthusiasm
You find it difficult to walk and maintain balance, with frequent falls
Loss of bladder control (urinary incontinence)
Increased difficulty with daily activities.
As for dementia with Lewy bodies, it “results from the accumulation of proteins in nerve cells.”
The condition can also cause “movement problems similar to Parkinson’s disease.”
Signs of dementia with Lewy bodies:
hallucinations
confusion or drowsiness;
Slow movement, limb stiffness and tremor
Fainting, unsteadiness and falls.
Frontotemporal dementia is most often diagnosed between the ages of 45 to 65, although people can develop it earlier or later in life.
It is a group of conditions that cause cell death in certain parts of the brain.
There are two broad types of frontotemporal dementia, which usually begin with changes in behavior, personality, emotional control, or language problems.
Signs of frontotemporal dementia:
memory problems
Difficulty planning and organizing
Speak slowly, struggling to make the correct sounds when speaking
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