Question 161 of 433
Are Alzheimer’s and dementia the same thing?
The short answer
No. Dementia is the general term. Alzheimer’s is the most common cause, responsible for about 60 to 70 percent of cases.
The others include vascular dementia, caused by small strokes and damaged blood vessels; Lewy body dementia, with visual hallucinations and movement changes; and frontotemporal dementia, which changes personality and language first. In older adults the causes are usually mixed, and vascular damage is part of the picture in most. That is hopeful news, because vascular damage is the part we know how to prevent.
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ESTABLISHED CLINICAL KNOWLEDGE — Dementia syndromes have different and often overlapping causes.Evidence grade (draft mapping)EEstablished clinical knowledgePart 12, Q161 · Part sources
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