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  2. Delirium - Wikipedia

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    Delirium can be confused with multiple psychiatric disorders or chronic organic brain syndromes because of many overlapping signs and symptoms in common with dementia, depression, psychosis, etc. [4] [5] Delirium may occur in persons with existing mental illness, baseline intellectual disability, or dementia, entirely unrelated to any of these ...

  3. Dementia - Wikipedia

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    In comparison, dementia has typically a long, slow onset (except in the cases of a stroke or trauma), slow decline of mental functioning, as well as a longer trajectory (from months to years). [99] Some mental illnesses, including depression and psychosis, may produce symptoms that must be differentiated from both delirium and dementia. [100]

  4. Cognitive disorder - Wikipedia

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    Neurocognitive disorders include delirium, mild neurocognitive disorders, and major neurocognitive disorder (also known as dementia). They are defined by deficits in cognitive ability that are acquired (as opposed to developmental), typically represent decline, and may have an underlying brain pathology. [ 1 ]

  5. The 7 Stages of Dementia: What They Are & What To Expect - AOL

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    Pre-dementia or early-stage dementia (stages 1, 2, and 3). In this initial phase, a person can still live independently and may not exhibit obvious memory loss or have any difficulty completing ...

  6. Clouding of consciousness - Wikipedia

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    Despite the similarities, subsyndromal delirium is not the same thing as mild cognitive impairment; the fundamental difference is that mild cognitive impairment is a dementia-like impairment, which does not involve a disturbance in arousal (wakefulness). [25]

  7. Alzheimer's vs. normal memory loss: here are 5 things ... - AOL

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    "Dementia is the umbrella term," Devi says. "So any disease where there's progressive loss of cognitive function related to the depth of nerve cells is called dementia. Alzheimer's is a type of ...

  8. Delirium tremens - Wikipedia

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    Delirium tremens was also given an alternate medical definition since at least the 1840s, being known as mania a potu, which translates to 'mania from drink'. [28] The Belgian beer "Delirium Tremens," introduced in 1988, is a direct reference and also uses a pink elephant as its logo to highlight one of the symptoms of delirium tremens. [29] [30]

  9. Your Cholesterol Could Be A Key Indicator Of Dementia. A ...

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    Typically, dementia is associated with classic symptoms like confusion and memory loss. But new research finds that there could be a less obvious risk factor out there: your cholesterol levels ...