Is alzheimers a type of dementia, or are they two different diseases?

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JeCanGirl :) asked:


What are other types of dementia?

Allan
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  • 3 Responses to “Is alzheimers a type of dementia, or are they two different diseases?”

    1. AMBER D Says:

      The late stages of people is the term used to control movement between twenty to control movement.

    2. booboo Says:

      they are very similar, both affect your memory. Dementia happens and deteriorates very fast, affects short term memory first, then long, they both usually end up in death!

    3. ariana theodora Says:

      dementia is a characteristic of Alzheimer’s
      some types of dementia can be reversed like drug or alcohol induced dementia,
      Wernicke-Korsakoff’s syndrome is irreversible dementia resulting from alcohol use