{"id":1,"date":"2017-08-27T07:09:48","date_gmt":"2017-08-27T07:09:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.healthc.in\/blog\/?p=1"},"modified":"2017-08-27T12:07:59","modified_gmt":"2017-08-27T12:07:59","slug":"dementia-and-its-symptoms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.healthc.in\/blog\/dementia-and-its-symptoms\/","title":{"rendered":"Dementia and its Symptoms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What is Dementia? Dementia is a kind of brain disease that causes a long term and often gradual decrease in the ability to think and remember. It is the loss of everything you know. It is estimated that 9 out of 20 people with dementia remain un-diagnosed.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Symptoms of Dementia<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1. You find yourself struggling to remember things.<br \/>\n2. You feel confused, even when in a familiar environment.<br \/>\n3. You feel decline in the ability to talk, read and write.<br \/>\n4. You find difficulties thinking and responding.<br \/>\n5. You find yourself forgetting the names of friends and or relatives.<br \/>\n6. You feel depressed or angry and anxious.<br \/>\n7. Asking the same question, repeating the same stories over and over.<br \/>\n8. Being unable to follow directions.<br \/>\n9. Changes in mood.<br \/>\n10. Confusion.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Please see your doctor if you are concerned about memory loss or any other symptoms listed above.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Few things not to say to a person with dementia.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t tell them that they are wrong.<br \/>\nDon&#8217;t remind them the death of their loved ones.<br \/>\nDon&#8217;t blame them for their behavioral changes.<br \/>\nDon&#8217;t talk about them in front of others especially when they are near.<br \/>\nDon&#8217;t argue with them.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read the Risk factors for dementia <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Family history<\/li>\n<li>Old age<\/li>\n<li>Depression<\/li>\n<li>Head injuries<\/li>\n<li>Impaired thyroid function<\/li>\n<li>Low physical activity<\/li>\n<li>Obesity<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is Dementia? Dementia is a kind of brain disease that causes a long term and often gradual decrease in<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[2],"class_list":["post-1","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-dementia-and-its-symptoms"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthc.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthc.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthc.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthc.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthc.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthc.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthc.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1\/revisions\/14"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthc.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthc.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthc.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthc.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}