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The Amsler grid showing the visual perception of the left eye of a person experiencing metamorphopsia (straight lines appear bent or curved) [1] [2]. Metamorphopsia (from Ancient Greek: μεταμορφοψία, metamorphopsia, 'seeing mutated shapes') is a type of distorted vision in which a grid of straight lines appears wavy or partially blank.
This delusion occurs most frequently in patients with dementia [2] and an affected patient maintains the ability to recognize others' reflections in the mirror. [3] It is caused by right hemisphere cranial dysfunction that results from traumatic brain injury , stroke , or general neurological illness . [ 4 ]
Studies have shown that PCA may be a variant of Alzheimer's disease (AD), with an emphasis on visual deficits. [2] [11] Although in primarily different, but sometimes overlapping, brain regions, both involve progressive neural degeneration, as shown by the loss of neurons and synapses, and the presence of neurofibrillary tangles and senile plaques in affected brain regions; this eventually ...
It is the most common early presenting dementia. [16] FTD is the second most prevalent type of early onset dementia after Alzheimer's disease. [15] [10] The International Classification of Diseases recognizes the disease as causative to disorder affecting mental and behavioural aspects of the human organism.
The researchers looked at 181 potential risk factors, and then estimated how likely they are to predict dementia and cognitive impairment for people two, four, and 20 years after they turn 60.
Prosopometamorphopsia (PMO [1]), also known as demon face syndrome, [2] is a visual disorder characterized by altered perceptions of faces. In the perception of a person with the disorder, facial features are distorted in a variety of ways including drooping, swelling, discoloration, and shifts of position.
Interestingly, this was true for healthy adults but not people at high risk of developing cardiovascular disease. Other studies support the anti-inflammatory benefits of red wine consumption.
The charity’s poll of 1,019 dementia sufferers and their carers found that confusing dementia symptoms with getting old (42%) was the number one reason it took people so long to get a diagnosis.