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People with Parkinson’s are up to six times more likely to develop dementia. This is called Parkinson’s disease dementia.
And dementia is one of the behavioral symptoms that we see. It manifests through paranoia, delusions, agitation, hallucinations. And so seeing or hearing things that are not there or sometimes ...
We only use medications when the symptoms are very, very distressing to the person with dementia, or when safety is involved. So if the person is having-- because of the psychosis that they're ...
DLB consists of a combination of symptoms: dementia, parkinsonism (slowness, stiffness, tremor and problems walking) and visual hallucinations (seeing things that are not real). Patients with DLB may ...
Research has suggested that people who have had tinnitus might also have an increased risk of dementia. Tinnitus and dementia both relate to how some parts of the brain process signals and ...
The symptoms of Parkinson's dementia are classified as either cognitive or behavioral. Cognitive symptoms include: Behavioral symptoms include: Visual hallucinations are the most common type of ...
Symptoms of dementia with Lewy bodies can include hallucinations and varying levels of alertness. People can also develop the features of Parkinson’s disease (such as slower movement, stiffness and ...
Hallucinations come in many forms including visual, auditory, and tactile. Hallucinations could be the result of a brain tumor, vision loss, or a degenerative disease. Other causes include lack of ...
Hallucinogen Persisting Perception Disorder, as defined by the DSM-5, is specifically caused by hallucinogenic drugs, primarily but not exclusively by LSD (lysergic acid diethylamide).The disorder ...
Little is known about a form of dementia that affects more than 100,000 Australians but researchers are looking to build ...
People with Parkinson's disease are more likely to develop certain types of dementia. Find out about the causes, symptoms and treatments. Parkinson’s disease is a brain disease that affects around 145 ...