Dementia is a brain disease. It is not part of normal ageing.
Forgetting names, misplacing keys or getting lost in a familiar place may not simply be signs of old age. There could be an underlying medical condition – dementia.
“Dementia refers to a group of symptoms including memory loss and loss of independent function,” explains Dr Nagaendran Kandiah, Senior Consultant, Department of Neurology, National Neuroscience Institute (NNI), a member of the SingHealth group. “It is not part of normal ageing but is due to brain disease, where there is a degeneration of specific brain regions.”
Visit the healthxchange.sg website to learn more about the symptoms of dementia and what you can do to prevent this condition.
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This article was last reviewed on 22 Nov 2023
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