Friends of African Caribbean Carers & Sufferers of Dementia
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What is Dementia
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Alzheimer’s Disease
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CAUSES OF DEMENTIA

Dementia is due to a number of causes:

The most common cause of dementia is Alzheimer’s disease

Other causes are:

Vascular (circulatory causes eg. stroke)
(likely to be more common among African/Caribbean Community)

Lewys Body Disease

Picks Disease

Infection eg.CJD,AIDS

Alcohol or other substance abuse

Tumours

 

 

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