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Vascular dementia is dementia caused by a series of strokes. [ 2 ] [ 4 ] Restricted blood flow due to strokes reduces oxygen and glucose delivery to the brain, causing cell injury and neurological deficits in the affected region. [ 6 ]
Madison had severe strokes in 2015 and 2016, resulting in vascular dementia and leaving him unable to remember killing officer Schulte. [ 4 ] [ 7 ] [ 11 ] Prior to his death, he was blind and had suffered a severe mental decline; he only remembered the alphabet up to the letter G and had slurred speech.
Anything that affects brain function (including stroke or other conditions that compromise blood flow) can cause cognitive issues and even dementia. Vascular dementia can happen after a stroke ...
Because of this, the specific names of these types of this dementia, including Binswanger's disease were lost. [4] This was until 1992 when Alzheimer's diagnostic centers created specific criteria known as the Hachinski Ischemic Scale (after Dr. Vladimir Hachinski) which became the standard for diagnosing MID or vascular dementia. [21]
One form of dementia—called vascular dementia—is caused by regular small strokes, he points out. “Fluctuating cholesterol levels may therefore cause fluctuating risk for strokes,” Segil says.
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“A stroke occurs when the central nervous system is injured due to a vascular cause, so that could be due to a blockage, which accounts for about 80% of strokes in the United States, or a ...
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