Demensie

Demensie
Ander name	Seniliteit
	'n Litografie van 'n man met demensie in die 1800's.
Spesialiteit	Neurologie, psigiatrie
Simptome	'n Afname om te dink of onthou of in motivering, emosionele probleme, probleme met taal
Begin gewoonlik op	Geleidelik
Tydsduur	Lang termyn
Oorsake	Alzheimersiekte, bloedvatsiektes en ander
Diagnostiese metode	Kognitiewe toetsing
Voorkoming	Vroeë opvoeding, voorkoming van hoë bloeddruk, obesiteit en rook, sosiale omgang
Behandeling	Steunende versorging
Frekwensie	55 miljoen (2021)
Sterftes	2,4 miljoen (2016)
	Mediese waarskuwing

Demensie is 'n steuring wat tot uiting kom as 'n stel verwante simptome, wat gewoonlik plaasvind wanneer die brein deur besering of siektes beskadig word.^[1] Die simptome behels die progressiewe aantasting van die geheue, denke en gedrag wat iemand se vermoë om te funskioneer en alledaagse take uit te voer nadelig beïnvloed.

↑ ^1,0 ^1,1 ^1,2 ^1,3 ^1,4 ^1,5 ^1,6 "Dementia". www.who.int (in Engels). Besoek op 26 September 2022.
↑ Creavin ST, Wisniewski S, Noel-Storr AH, et al. (Januarie 2016). "Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) for the detection of dementia in clinically unevaluated people aged 65 and over in community and primary care populations" (PDF). The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. 2016 (1): CD011145. doi:10.1002/14651858.CD011145.pub2. hdl:1983/00876aeb-2061-43f5-b7e1-938c666030ab. PMID 26760674.
↑ Livingston G, Huntley J, Sommerlad A, et al. (Augustus 2020). "Dementia prevention, intervention, and care: 2020 report of the Lancet Commission". Lancet. 396 (10248): 413–446. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(20)30367-6. PMC 7392084. PMID 32738937.
↑ Nichols E, Szoeke CE, Vollset SE, Abbasi N, Abd-Allah F, Abdela J, et al. (GBD 2016 Dementia Collaborators) (Januarie 2019). "Global, regional, and national burden of Alzheimer's disease and other dementias, 1990–2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016". The Lancet. Neurology. 18 (1): 88–106. doi:10.1016/S1474-4422(18)30403-4. PMC 6291454. PMID 30497964.

[WHO2022-1] 1,0 ^1,1 ^1,2 ^1,3 ^1,4 ^1,5 ^1,6 "Dementia". www.who.int (in Engels). Besoek op 26 September 2022.

[Creavin-2] Creavin ST, Wisniewski S, Noel-Storr AH, et al. (Januarie 2016). "Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) for the detection of dementia in clinically unevaluated people aged 65 and over in community and primary care populations" (PDF). The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. 2016 (1): CD011145. doi:10.1002/14651858.CD011145.pub2. hdl:1983/00876aeb-2061-43f5-b7e1-938c666030ab. PMID 26760674.

[Lancet2020-3] Livingston G, Huntley J, Sommerlad A, et al. (Augustus 2020). "Dementia prevention, intervention, and care: 2020 report of the Lancet Commission". Lancet. 396 (10248): 413–446. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(20)30367-6. PMC 7392084. PMID 32738937.

[GBD2019-4] Nichols E, Szoeke CE, Vollset SE, Abbasi N, Abd-Allah F, Abdela J, et al. (GBD 2016 Dementia Collaborators) (Januarie 2019). "Global, regional, and national burden of Alzheimer's disease and other dementias, 1990–2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016". The Lancet. Neurology. 18 (1): 88–106. doi:10.1016/S1474-4422(18)30403-4. PMC 6291454. PMID 30497964.

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