Dementia brings about innumerable troubles for the person who suffers from it and also for the family dealing with such person. Most of the troubles are basically due to loss of memory. Few familiar symptoms of dementia are given as under but not necessarily all dementia patients will have all of these symptoms together or isolated.

Memory loss (recent) -We all tend to forget things some time and then recall them soon after. People with dementia frequently not remember things. They might raise the same question time and again. They don’t even recall that they had already asked the question earlier.

Difficulty in doing routine work - People suffering from dementia would cook food but forget to serve them. They in fact forget that they have cooked the food.

Difficulty in Language - People suffering from dementia uses improper words when they speak which makes their language confusing.

Disorientation of time and place - People having dementia may tend to forget where they stay. They also get disoriented with time.

Impaired decisions - Those having dementia tend to make mistakes in simple decisions like not wearing woolen clothing while going out in winters.

Difficulty in thinking abstract - Dementia patients find it hard to recognize numbers and are unable to decide what to do with them.

Losing personal belongings - People who suffer from dementia may place things mistakenly at different places. For example, you may find an iron inside the refrigerator or a wristwatch in the honey bowl. Thereafter these things become untraceable by them.

Mood swings - Each one of us do experience mood swings at times but people having dementia would have serious mood swings from tears to aggression within few minutes.

Change in the personality and loss of initiative - People who suffer from dementia experiences major changes in their personality. They tend to be selfish, suspicious and fearful. They turn out to be passive and do not want to go to places or meet people.

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