Dementia vs Alzheimer’s

Aren’t Dementia and Alzheimer’s the same thing? I thought they were.

They have somewhat similar symptoms, however there are differences. Dementia is a syndrome that causes memory loss, impaired reasoning, or personality changes. There are several types. Vascular dementia is related to issues of high blood pressure. Alcoholic dementia is related to the consumption of alcohol. Parkinson’s dementia related to Lewy bodies in the cells. Frontotemporal dementia is related to the shrinkage of the frontal and temporal lobes. Alzheimer’s is a specific brain disease that eventually destroys thinking skills and memory functions. Imagine that you have a brief case with several internal dividers. The brief case represents dementia. One divider in the brief case represents Alzheimer’s disease, which accounts for an estimated 60-80% of known dementias.

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