Dementia history and symptoms: Difference between revisions
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Adequate time should be arranged in a follow-up appointment. A family member or close friend familiar with the patient should accompany them to the visits and remember what the patient is told. The initial step at the follow-up visit is an assessment of cognitive function, followed by a complete physical examination, including neurologic examination. | |||
==History and Symptoms== | ==History and Symptoms== | ||
A positive history of memory loss and disorientation are suggestive of dementia. The most common symptoms of dementia include [[memory loss]], [[disorientation]], nominal [[dysphasia]], getting lost, misplacing items, [[apathy]], personality change, mood changes, constructional [[dyspraxia]] and poor abstract thinking. | A positive history of memory loss and disorientation are suggestive of dementia. The most common symptoms of dementia include [[memory loss]], [[disorientation]], nominal [[dysphasia]], getting lost, misplacing items, [[apathy]], personality change, mood changes, constructional [[dyspraxia]] and poor abstract thinking. | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] Sabeeh Islam, MBBS[2]
Overview
Adequate time should be arranged in a follow-up appointment. A family member or close friend familiar with the patient should accompany them to the visits and remember what the patient is told. The initial step at the follow-up visit is an assessment of cognitive function, followed by a complete physical examination, including neurologic examination.
History and Symptoms
A positive history of memory loss and disorientation are suggestive of dementia. The most common symptoms of dementia include memory loss, disorientation, nominal dysphasia, getting lost, misplacing items, apathy, personality change, mood changes, constructional dyspraxia and poor abstract thinking.
The Global Deterioration Scale (GDS) is a validated and reliable instrument describing the clinical progression of dementia[1]
References
- ↑ Reisberg B, Ferris SH, de Leon MJ, Crook T (September 1982). "The Global Deterioration Scale for assessment of primary degenerative dementia". Am J Psychiatry. 139 (9): 1136–9. doi:10.1176/ajp.139.9.1136. PMID 7114305.