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Multi-Infarct Dementia
Introduction: Multi-Infarct Dementia
Multi-Infarct Dementia: Multi-infarct dementia (MID), a common cause of dementia in the elderly, occurs when blood clots block small blood vessels in the brain and destroy ... more about Multi-Infarct Dementia.
Multi-Infarct Dementia: Dementia due to brain blood clots and strokes. More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of Multi-Infarct Dementia is available below.
Symptoms of Multi-Infarct Dementia
- Confusion
- Memory problems
- Wandering
- Getting lost - in familiar places
- Bladder incontinence
See full list of 11 symptoms of Multi-Infarct Dementia
Medical Textbooks Online about Multi-Infarct Dementia
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- "The 10-Minute Diagnosis Manual: Symptoms and Signs in the Time-Limited Encounter"
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- "The 10-Minute Diagnosis Manual: Symptoms and Signs in the Time-Limited Encounter"
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- "The 10-Minute Diagnosis Manual: Symptoms and Signs in the Time-Limited Encounter"
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- "Alarming Signs and Symptoms: Lippincott Manual of Nursing Practice Series"
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Book excerpts: Copyright © 2008 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.
Wrongly Diagnosed with Multi-Infarct Dementia?
Misdiagnosis and Multi-Infarct Dementia
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Causes of Multi-Infarct Dementia
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Treatments for Multi-Infarct Dementia
- Prevent further brain damage
- Hypertension treatments
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Prognosis for Multi-Infarct Dementia
Prognosis for Multi-Infarct Dementia: Poor.
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Reseach about Multi-Infarct Dementia
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Clinical Trials for Multi-Infarct Dementia
The US based website ClinicalTrials.gov lists information on both federally and privately supported clinical trials using human volunteers.
Some of the clinical trials listed on ClinicalTrials.gov for Multi-Infarct Dementia include:
- The Efficacy, Safety, And Tolerability Of Donepezil HCl (E2020) In Patients With CADASIL Who Have Cognitive Impairment - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - donepezil hydrochloride
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Types of Multi-Infarct Dementia
- CADASIL (cerebral autosomal dominant arteriopathy with subcortical infarcts and leukoencephalopathy) - genetic inherited form of MID.
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Article Excerpts about Multi-Infarct Dementia
Multi-infarct dementia (MID), a common cause of dementia in the elderly, occurs when blood clots block small blood vessels in the brain and destroy brain tissue. Probable risk factors are high blood pressure and advanced age. (Source: excerpt from NINDS Multi-Infarct Dementia Information Page: NINDS)
Definitions of Multi-Infarct Dementia:
Dementia, due to significant cerebrovascular disease, with a stepwise deteriorating course and a 'patchy' distribution of neurologic deficits. - (Source - Diseases Database)
Multi-Infarct Dementia is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of
Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health
(NIH). This means that Multi-Infarct Dementia, or a subtype of Multi-Infarct Dementia,
affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)
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- External links relating to Multi-Infarct Dementia
- AMNESIA (Algorithmic Diagnosis of Symptoms and Signs)
- DELIRIUM (Algorithmic Diagnosis of Symptoms and Signs)
- DEMENTIA (Algorithmic Diagnosis of Symptoms and Signs)
- HALLUCINATIONS (Algorithmic Diagnosis of Symptoms and Signs)
- APHASIA, APRAXIA, AND AGNOSIA (Algorithmic Diagnosis of Symptoms and Signs)
- Amnesia (In a Page: Signs and Symptoms)
- Delirium (In a Page: Signs and Symptoms)
- Dementia (In a Page: Signs and Symptoms)
- Hallucinations (In a Page: Signs and Symptoms)
- Delirium (In A Page: Pediatric Signs and Symptoms)
- Hallucinations (In A Page: Pediatric Signs and Symptoms)
- AMNESIA (Differential Diagnosis in Primary Care)
- DELIRIUM (Differential Diagnosis in Primary Care)
- HALLUCINATIONS (Differential Diagnosis in Primary Care)
- MEMORY LOSS AND DEMENTIA (Differential Diagnosis in Primary Care)
- Amnesia (Handbook of Signs & Symptoms (Third Edition))
- Confusion (Handbook of Signs & Symptoms (Third Edition))
- Level of consciousness, decreased (Handbook of Signs & Symptoms (Third Edition))
- Dementia* (A Pocket Manual of Differential Diagnosis)
- Dissociative amnesia (Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition))
- Amnesia (Professional Guide to Signs & Symptoms (Fifth Edition))
- Apraxia (Professional Guide to Signs & Symptoms (Fifth Edition))
- Confusion (Professional Guide to Signs & Symptoms (Fifth Edition))
- Level of consciousness, decreased (Professional Guide to Signs & Symptoms (Fifth Edition))
- Confusion (The 10-Minute Diagnosis Manual: Symptoms and Signs in the Time-Limited Encounter)
- Delirium (The 10-Minute Diagnosis Manual: Symptoms and Signs in the Time-Limited Encounter)
- Dementia (The 10-Minute Diagnosis Manual: Symptoms and Signs in the Time-Limited Encounter)
- Amnesia (Field Guide to Bedside Diagnosis)
- Dementia (Field Guide to Bedside Diagnosis)
- Delirium/Hallucinations (Field Guide to Bedside Diagnosis)
- Apraxia (Alarming Signs and Symptoms: Lippincott Manual of Nursing Practice Series)
- Level of consciousness, decreased (Alarming Signs and Symptoms: Lippincott Manual of Nursing Practice Series)
- Apraxia (Signs & Symptoms: A 2-in-1 Reference for Nurses)
- Confusion (Signs & Symptoms: A 2-in-1 Reference for Nurses)
- Level of consciousness, decreased (Signs & Symptoms: A 2-in-1 Reference for Nurses)
- Amnesia (Nursing: Interpreting Signs and Symptoms)
- Confusion (Nursing: Interpreting Signs and Symptoms)
- Level of consciousness, decreased (Nursing: Interpreting Signs and Symptoms)
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