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2. 7 Tips for Dealing With Loved Ones With Dementia-Caused ... - AOL

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   Lewy body dementia is caused by protein deposits developing in the brain’s nerve cells, which can result in delusions and visual hallucinations. Vascular dementia and paranoia are linked as well ...

3. Myxedema psychosis - Wikipedia

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   It was first described in 1888 by “the Committee of the Clinical Society of London appointed in 1883 to consider the subject of myxedema”, as "Delusions and hallucinations occur in nearly half the cases, mainly where the disease is advanced... acute or chronic manias, dementia, or melancholia, with a marked predominance of suspicion and ...

4. Wandering can be deadly for the growing number of US ... - AOL

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   Six in 10 people with dementia will wander at least once, but many do so repeatedly, the Alzheimer's Association reported. ... Hallucinations, mood swings, or delusions make sleeping difficult and ...

5. Doctors Say This Nighttime Behavior Can Be A Sign Of Dementia

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   Here's how to distinguish "sundowning"—agitation or confusion later in the day in dementia patients—from typical aging, from doctors who treat older adults. ... Hallucinations. Trouble sleeping.

6. Chronic hallucinatory psychosis - Wikipedia

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   As the hallucinations give rise to slight depression, some might possibly be included under melancholia. In others, paranoia may develop. Others, again, might be swept into the widespread net of dementia praecox. This state of affairs cannot be regarded as satisfactory, for they are not truly cases of melancholia, paranoia, dementia praecox or ...

7. Mirrored-self misidentification - Wikipedia

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   Delusional misidentification syndromes (DMS) can occur in patients with a wide variety of cranial dysfunctions. [3] Mirrored-self misidentification, a type of DMS, occurs most typically in patients with dementia, especially Alzheimer's disease. Approximately 2% to 10% of all patients with Alzheimer's disease have mirrored-self misidentification ...