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

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Medical Textbooks Online about Multi-Infarct Dementia

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Wrongly Diagnosed with Multi-Infarct Dementia?

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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)