Dementia and Its Symptoms (Essay Sample)

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DEMENTIA
Dementia is a brain condition that results in memory loss, compromised judgment and reasoning, communication difficulties, and other symptoms. Alzheimer's disease and other types of dementia are just two of the numerous potential causes of dementia. In fact, before the symptoms of dementia become obvious, roughly half of people who get Alzheimer's disease also experience some form of dementia. Dementia can also develop in people who have had a stroke or a head injury that has damaged the area of the brain that controls memory and thought. Dementia is a word used to describe the poor memory, thinking, or decision-making that