Vascular dementia, what it is and how it manifests itself

Vascular dementia refers to acute or chronic cognitive impairment due to diffuse or focal cerebral infarcts that are most often related to cerebrovascular disease. This type of dementia represents global, chronic, and generally irreversible cognitive impairment. Vascular dementia should not be confused with delirium, although cognition is disordered in both.

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Can anemia cause fatigue?

An insufficiency of iron in the blood can result an anemia, responsible ius considerable fatigue. In women, anemia is a recurrent occurrence because of the menstrual cycle. When there is anemia the

Anemia

Anemia is the clinical condition in which the hemoglobin rate is less than the third percentile relative to the patient’s age group. Symptoms appear in relation to the rapidity of

Living with allergies: rural life or city life

Various forms of allergies and asthma have been known to be continuously increasing diseases for many decades already because of many reasons.

Epileptic seizure: what to do?

The seizures are self-limiting and very often do not allow a rapid intervention. It is necessary, therefore, to keep some pointers in mind: Preventing lessons that the patient might unintentionally

Gas colic

Gas colic is defined as an acute, benign event that affects about 50% of infants (most often in the first 6 weeks of life).

Hemolytic crisis: what is the treatment?

The causes of hemolysis can be different. A simple peripheral smear may indicate severe ongoing hemolysis. The most common symptoms are pallor and modest skin jaundice and treatment will have

Blocked carotid arteries: when to intervene?

Obstruction of the carotid arteries (they carry blood and oxygen to the brain) can be treated with medication or by resorting to surgery. Tips for “cleaning” the vessels and preventing

Epithelioma: causes and symptoms

Epitheliomas, although malignant tumors, rarely produce metastases. Thus, their malignancy is mainly expressed in the area of onset, and their surgical removal is almost always resolving. They are divided into

Bleeding: what to do?

In case of bleeding: Protect yourself from infection, wear latex gloves and if these are not available use different states of gauze or tissue. Cover the wound with a gauze

Vascular dementia, what it is and how it manifests itself

Vascular dementia refers to acute or chronic cognitive impairment due to diffuse or focal cerebral infarcts that are most often related to cerebrovascular disease. This type of dementia represents global,

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Bulimia nervosa

Bulimia nervosa is a more widespread eating disorder than is generally believed and widely underdiagnosed, especially in its mild forms, which can go unnoticed unless those affected seek medical/psychiatric help

Brain tumors

Brain tumors are rare cancers that can be primary, that is, originate in the brain, or form as secondary metastases of neoplasms in other organs, such as lung or breast

Major depression

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Anxiety

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Anorgasmia

Anorgasmia is the syndrome by which we refer to the difficulty in having orgasms even after normal sexual stimulation. The intensity and frequency of orgasms in women are variables that

Fainting

Fainting is a simple term in common use that is used to describe a loss of consciousness that can occur at any time in life for countless reasons, more or

Morton’s neuroma

Morton’s neuroma consists of a thickening of the tissue surrounding a nerve tract present in the sole of the foot at the anterior (forefoot) support area, usually at the base

Shock, medical emergency

It may happen that the circulation of blood through the body undergoes a sudden change giving rise to a condition of physiological shock, with decreased flow and crisis on the

Deep brain stimulation

The deep brain stimulation (Deep Brain Stimulation, DBS) is a neurosurgical method involving the implantation in the brain of electrodes which, appropriately positioned and activated by a pulse generator inserted

Schizophrenia

Schizophrenia is a severe and disabling chronic psychiatric illness that mainly arises in late adolescence or early adulthood, resulting in an altered perception of reality and consequent improper and unpredictable

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