by summitresilience | Jul 23, 2019 | Knowledge, Lewy Body Disease, What are the Various Dementias?
Lewy body dementia, also known as dementia with Lewy bodies, is the second most common type of progressive dementia after Alzheimer’s disease dementia. Protein deposits, called Lewy bodies, develop in nerve cells in the brain regions involved in thinking, memory...
by summitresilience | Jul 23, 2019 | Knowledge, Lewy Body Disease, What are the Various Dementias?
A diagnosis of Lewy body dementia requires a progressive decline in your ability to think, as well as two of the following: Fluctuating alertness and thinking (cognitive) function Repeated visual hallucinations Parkinsonian symptoms REM sleep behavior disorder, in...