Thursday, January 27, 2011

Frontal lobe dementia or frontotemporal

Frontal lobe dementia or frontotemporal 
Frontal lobe or frontotemporal dementia is an unusual brain disorder that is characterized by progressive memory loss, confusion, irritability and loss of inhibitions. These patients have a limited atrophy in the frontal lobes or the superior temporal and frontal lobes together.
Frontal lobe dementia is about 10% of cases of dementia.Often the symptoms of this disease is included in the Pick disease. Patients with frontotemporal dementia to get wild and bizarre act, leading to theft or diversion and other acts of sexual necontroloate. The disease progressed continuously and meet in the final stage of language disorders, dementia and erratic behavior.
The disease is fatal, death usually occurs within 3 years after onset. Rarely affected platforms survive longer than 5-6 years.There is no effective treatment.

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