Question 174 of 433
What treatable conditions can look like dementia?
The short answer
Many. Every person with new memory trouble deserves a search for them before anyone says the word Alzheimer’s.
Low vitamin B12 or thyroid hormone.
Depression.
Medications: sleep aids, sedatives, older allergy pills, some bladder and pain drugs.
Sleep apnea.
Hearing loss.
Alcohol.
Urinary and other infections in older adults.
Normal pressure hydrocephalus, which causes a triad of memory trouble, a shuffling walk, and urinary leakage.
Small strokes.
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ESTABLISHED CLINICAL KNOWLEDGE — New cognitive symptoms: investigate treatable contributors; improvement is not guaranteed.Evidence grade (draft mapping)EEstablished clinical knowledgePart 12, Q174 · Part sources
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