Binswanger's Disease

Binswanger's Disease: Introduction

Binswanger's Disease: Binswanger's disease is a rare form of dementia characterized by cerebrovascular lesions in the deep white-matter of the brain, loss of ... more about Binswanger's Disease.

Binswanger's Disease: A type of senile dementia characterized by chronic cerebrovascular disease. More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of Binswanger's Disease is available below.

Symptoms of Binswanger's Disease

• Dementia
• Loss of memory
• Loss of cognition
• Mood changes
• Abnormal blood pressure
• more symptoms...»

See full list of 26 symptoms of Binswanger's Disease

Home Diagnostic Testing

Home medical testing related to Binswanger's Disease:

• Child Behavior: Home Testing
  • ADHD -- Home Test Kits
  • Concentration -- Home Testing
• Mental Health (Adults): Home Testing
  • Adult ADHD -- Home Testing
  • Concentration -- Home Tests
• Mental Health: Home Testing:
  • Home Emotional Stress Tests
  • ADHD -- Home Testing
  • Concentration -- Home Test Kits
• Brain & Neurological Disorders: Related Home Testing:
  • ADHD -- Home Tests
  • Drug Screening Kits
• more tests...»

Binswanger's Disease: Complications

Review possible medical complications related to Binswanger's Disease:

• Stroke
• Disease of the large blood vessels in the neck
• Heart valve disease
• Abnormal blood pressure (see Blood pressure symptoms)
• Heart arrhythmia
• more complications...»

Wrongly Diagnosed with Binswanger's Disease?

• Misdiagnosis of Binswanger's Disease
• Failure to diagnose Binswanger's Disease
• Undiagnosed: Binswanger's Disease

Binswanger's Disease: Self Assessment Tools

• Stroke -- Self Assessment Tools
• Stress -- Self Assessment Tools
• Depression -- Self Assessment Tools
• Weight Management -- Self Assessment Tools
• Mental Health -- Self Assessment Tools
• more tools...»

Binswanger's Disease: Medical Mistakes

• Concentration -- Health Mistakes
• ADHD -- Health Mistakes
• ADHD (Adults) -- Health Mistakes
• Alzheimer's Disease -- Health Mistakes
• Depression -- Health Mistakes
• Bipolar -- Health Mistakes
• Sleep Disorders -- Health Mistakes
• more mistakes...»

Binswanger's Disease: Marketplace Products, Discounts & Offers

Products, offers and promotion categories available for Binswanger's Disease:

• Senior Health
• Memory Care
• Stroke
• Brain
• more product offers...»

Binswanger's Disease: Undiagnosed Conditions

Commonly undiagnosed diseases in related medical categories:

• Brain & Neurological Disorders: Undiagnosed:
  • Adult ADHD -- Undiagnosed - Often remains undiagnosed through to adulthood.
  • ADHD -- Undiagnosed
  • Alzheimer Disease -- Undiagnosed
  • Migraine -- Undiagnosed
  • Concentration Disorders -- Undiagnosed
  • Stroke -- Undiagnosed
  • Bipolar Disorder -- Undiagnosed
  • Schizophrenia -- Undiagnosed
  • Epilepsy -- Undiagnosed
• more undiagnosed conditions...»

Misdiagnosis and Binswanger's Disease

Undiagnosed stroke leads to misdiagnosed aphasia: BBC News UK reported on a man who had been institutionalized and treated for mental illness because he suffered from sudden inability to speak. This was initially...read more »

Alzheimer's disease over-diagnosed: The well-known disease of Alzheimer's disease is often over-diagnosed. Patients tend to assume that any memory loss or forgetulness symptom might be Alzheimer's, whereas there are many...read more »

Dementia may be a drug interaction: A common scenario in aged care is for a patient to show mental decline to dementia. Whereas this can, of course, occur due to...read more »

Tremor need not be Parkinson's disease: There is the tendency to believe that any tremor symptom, or shakiness, means Parkinson's disease. The reality is that there are various possibilities, such as benign essential tremor, which is...read more »

Mild traumatic brain injury often remains undiagnosed: Although the symptoms of severe brain injury are hard to miss, it is less clear for milder injuries, or even those causing...read more »

ADHD under-diagnosed in adults: Although the over-diagnoses of ADHD in children is a well-known controversy, the reverse side related to adults. Some adults can remain undiagnosed, and indeed the...read more »

MTBI misdiagnosed as balance problem: When a person has symptoms such as vertigo or dizziness, a diagnosis of brain injury may go overlooked. This is...read more »

Rare diseases misdiagnosed as Parkinson's disease: A rare genetic disorder is often misdiagnosed as Parkinson's disease for men in their 50's. The disease Fragile X disorder can show only mild symptoms in the early...read more »

Bipolar disorder misdiagosed as various conditions by primary physicians: Bipolar disorder (manic-depressive disorder) often fails to be diagnosed correctly by primary care physicians. Many patients with bipolar...read more »

Eating disorders under-diagnosed in men: The typical patient with an eating disorder is female. The result is that men with eating disorders often fail to be diagnosed or have a delayed diagnosis. See misdiagnosis of eating...read more »

Depression undiagnosed in teenagers: Serious bouts of depression can be undiagnosed in teenagers. The "normal" moodiness of teenagers can cause severe...read more »

Brain pressure condition often misdiagnosed as dementia: A condition that results from an excessive pressure of CSF within the brain is often...read more »

Post-concussive brain injury often misdiagnosed: A study found that soldiers who had suffered a concussive injury in battle often were misdiagnosed on their return. A variety of symptoms can...read more »

Children with migraine often misdiagnosed: A migraine often fails to be correctly diagnosed in pediatric patients. These patients are not the typical migraine sufferers, but migraines can...read more »

Undiagnosed anxiety disorders related to depression: Patients with depression (see symptoms of depression) may also have undiagnosed anxiety...read more »

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Binswanger's Disease: Research Doctors & Specialists

Research related physicians and medical specialists:

• Mental Health Specialists:
  • Psychiatry (Mental Health)
  • Addiction Psychiatry
  • Geriatric Psychiatry (Seniors Mental Health)
  • Pediatric / Adolescent Psychiatry (Child/Teen Mental Health)
  • Pediatric Developmental Behavioral Health (Child Behavior Specialist)
  • Psychosomatic Medicine
  • Forensic Psychiatry
• Neurology (Brain/CNS Specialists):
  • Neurology (Brain/CNS Specialists)
  • Pediatric Neurology (Child Brain Specialist)
  • Pediatric Neurosurgery (Child Neurosurgeon)
  • Clinical Neurophysiology
  • Neurodevelopment Disabilities
  • Neurosurgery (Brain Surgery)
  • Neuromusculoskeletal Medicine (Nerve/Muscle/Bone Specialists)
  • Neuroradiology
  • Vascular Neurology
  • Neuropathology
  • Otology / Neurotology (Ear/Hearing Specialists)
• more specialists...»

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Hospitals & Clinics: Binswanger's Disease

Research quality ratings and patient safety measures for medical facilities in specialties related to Binswanger's Disease:

• Mental Health -- Hospital Quality Ratings
• Senior Health -- Hospital Quality Ratings
• Nursing Homes & Aged Care Facilities -- Quality Ratings
• more hospital ratings...»

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Choosing the Best Hospital: More general information, not necessarily in relation to Binswanger's Disease, on hospital performance and surgical care quality:

• 50 Best Hospitals Report
• Outstanding Patient Experinece Award Winning Hospitals
• Women's Health Best Hospitals
• Patient Safety
• Hospital Quality and Clinical Excellence Study (2009)

Binswanger's Disease: Rare Types

Rare types of diseases and disorders in related medical categories:

• Brain & Neurological Disorders: Rare Types:
  • Adult ADHD -- Rare Types
  • ADHD -- Rare Types
  • Alzheimer Disease -- Rare Types
  • Migraine -- Rare Types
  • Concentration Disorders -- Rare Types
  • Stroke -- Rare Types
  • Bipolar Disorder -- Rare Types
  • Schizophrenia -- Rare Types
  • Epilepsy -- Rare Types
• more rare diseases...»

Treatments for Binswanger's Disease

• Supportive and symptomatic
• Blood pressure control medications
• Depression medications
• Medications for heart arrhythmia
• more treatments...»

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Evidence Based Medicine Research for Binswanger's Disease

Medical research articles related to Binswanger's Disease include:

• Dementia ? Etiology and Epidemiology
• Vascular Dementia (Follow-up)
• Cerebral Autosomal Dominant Arteriopathy
• Vascular Dementia (Treatment)
• Vascular Dementia (Diagnosis)
• Vascular Dementia (Overview)
• Ischemic Stroke
• Dementia
• more research...»

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Patient Surveys for Binswanger's Disease

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Prognosis for Binswanger's Disease

Prognosis for Binswanger's Disease: Poor. Degenerative. Often death from stroke within 5 years.

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Reseach about Binswanger's Disease

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Statistics for Binswanger's Disease

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• Prevalence and incidence statistics for Binswanger's Disease
• Death and Mortality statistics for Binswanger's Disease
• Society statistics for Binswanger's Disease

Binswanger's Disease: Broader Related Topics

• Dementia
• Brain conditions
• more types...»

Types of Binswanger's Disease

Stories from Users Related to Binswanger's Disease

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User Interactive Forums

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Article Excerpts about Binswanger's Disease

Binswanger's disease is a rare form of dementia characterized by cerebrovascular lesions in the deep white-matter of the brain, loss of memory and cognition, and mood changes. (Source: excerpt from NINDS Binswanger's Disease Information Page: NINDS)

Definitions of Binswanger's Disease:

Binswanger's Disease is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). This means that Binswanger's Disease, or a subtype of Binswanger's Disease, affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)