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Also known as senility, rare dementia

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OverviewAI-generated

Dementia is a medical condition categorized under the International Classification of Primary Care version 2 with the identifier P70. It is associated with specific codes in the ICD-9-CM system, including 290.8, 294.8, and 294.1. The condition is also identified by the NCI Thesaurus ID C4786.

The prevalence of dementia is recorded as 0.065. It is linked to several external database identifiers, such as DOID:1307 and Orphanet_89043. In academic literature, the term "dementia" appears in 325,630 PubMed records. Additionally, the subject is referenced by 3,476 other encyclopedia articles.

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Medical condition.risks: Several across the life course (e.g. less education, hearing loss, vision loss, physical inactivity, obesity, high cholesterol, hypertension, diabetes, smoking, excessive alcohol consumption, social isolation, air pollution, traumatic brain injury, depression)
Medical condition.diagnosis: Clinical assessment, cognitive testing (mini–mental state examination), and imaging
Medical condition.differential: Delirium, depression, hypothyroidism
Medical condition.prevention: Addressing risk factors throughout the life course, e.g. preventing, reducing or treating hearing and vision loss, depression, head injury and vascular risk factors (e.g. cholesterol, diabetes), decreasing smoking, and maintaining physical activity and cognitive stimulation
Medical condition.treatment: Varies but supportive care is given
Medical condition.medication: Varies depending on the type and stage, most medications have a small benefit
Medical condition.prognosis: Varies, dementia is a life limiting condition and life expectancy is usually shortened
Medical condition.frequency: 57 million (2021)
Medical condition.deaths: 1.62 million dementia-related deaths (2019) estimated to increase to 4.91 million by 2050
Medical condition.name: Dementia
Medical condition.image: File:An old man diagnosed as suffering from senile dementia. Colo Wellcome L0026689.jpg
Medical condition.caption: 1896 lithograph of a man with dementia
Medical condition.field: Neurology, psychiatry, Neuropsychiatry
Medical condition.symptoms: Decreased ability to think and remember, emotional problems, problems with language, decreased motivation, general decline in cognitive abilities
Medical condition.complications: Malnutrition, pneumonia, inability to perform self-care tasks, personal safety challenges, fractures from falls.
Medical condition.onset: Varies, usually gradual
Medical condition.duration: Varies, usually long term
Medical condition.causes: Neurodegeneration, vascular disease, stroke, traumatic brain injuries