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Neuropsychiatric systemic lupus erythematosus or NPSLE refers to the neurological and psychiatric manifestations of systemic lupus erythematosus. SLE is a disease in which the immune system attacks the body's own cells and tissues. It can affect various organs or systems of the body.
Vascular dementia; Other names: Dementia due to cerebrovascular disease; [1] Vascular cognitive impairment [2] Brain atrophy from vascular dementia: Specialty: Psychiatry, neurology Symptoms: Cognitive impairment, short-term memory loss [3] Complications: Heart disease, loss of ability to care for self and interact, pneumonia [4] Causes
[39] [144] People with amnestic mild cognitive impairment (in which memory loss is the main symptom) may progress to AD, whereas those with non-amnestic mild cognitive impairment (which has more prominent impairments in language, visuospatial, and executive domains) are more likely to progress towards DLB. [145]
Cognitive impairment, ataxia, slowness of movement, problems with language, bradyphrenia Binswanger's disease , also known as subcortical leukoencephalopathy and subcortical arteriosclerotic encephalopathy , [ 1 ] is a form of small-vessel vascular dementia caused by damage to the white brain matter . [ 2 ]
This is a list of major and frequently observed neurological disorders (e.g., Alzheimer's disease), symptoms (e.g., back pain), signs (e.g., aphasia) and syndromes (e.g., Aicardi syndrome). There is disagreement over the definitions and criteria used to delineate various disorders and whether some of these conditions should be classified as ...
Screening for cognitive impairment in those over the age of 65 without symptoms is of unclear benefit versus harm as of 2020. [6] In a large population-based cohort study included 579,710 66-year-old adults who were followed for a total of 3,870,293 person-years (average 6.68 ± 1.33 years per person), subjective cognitive decline was significantly associated with an increased risk of ...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that more than 200,000 people in the U.S. have lupus, though the Lupus Foundation of America puts the total much higher: roughly 1.5 ...
Symptoms: Depends on the cause,usually memory problems, personality changes, mood swings, cognitive impairment, vision and movement problems [medical citation needed] Usual onset: Over 60 years old: Causes: Organ damage,generally of the brain: Risk factors: Head trauma, intoxication with certain substances, infection, vitamin deficiency ...