What is the major skill affected in temporal lobe dementia?

Speech and language problems
Problems caused by these conditions include: Increasing difficulty in using and understanding written and spoken language, such as having trouble finding the right word to use in speech or naming objects.
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How is the temporal lobe affected by dementia?

Damage to the left temporal lobe can cause a person to slowly lose their understanding of language – whether in the form of speech, writing, or sign languages. The temporal lobes are among the first areas to be damaged in semantic dementia, which is why a person may lose their understanding of certain words.
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What does frontotemporal dementia affect?

Frontotemporal dementia is an uncommon type of dementia that causes problems with behaviour and language. Dementia is the name for problems with mental abilities caused by gradual changes and damage in the brain. Frontotemporal dementia affects the front and sides of the brain (the frontal and temporal lobes).
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What are the early signs of frontotemporal dementia?

Early signs of frontotemporal dementia may involve the following symptoms:
  • Apathy or an unwillingness to talk.
  • Change in personality and mood, such as depression.
  • Lack of inhibition or lack of social tact.
  • Obsessive or repetitive behavior, such as compulsively shaving or collecting items.
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Which of the following makes frontotemporal dementia different from Alzheimer's disease?

Key differences between FTD and Alzheimer's

Memory loss tends to be a more prominent symptom in early Alzheimer's than in early FTD, although advanced FTD often causes memory loss in addition to its more characteristic effects on behavior and language.
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What are 5 extreme behavior changes found with FTD?

Lack of interest (apathy), which can be mistaken for depression. Repetitive compulsive behavior, such as tapping, clapping or smacking lips. A decline in personal hygiene. Changes in eating habits, usually overeating or developing a preference for sweets and carbohydrates.
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How does frontotemporal dementia affect sleep?

Sleep is severely fragmented in FTD patients, likely secondary to behavioral disturbances, other primary sleep disorders such as sleep disordered breathing and restless leg syndrome, and neurodegeneration of nuclei involved in sleep and wakefulness.
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What does frontotemporal dementia feel like?

Some people have physical symptoms, such as tremors, muscle spasms or weakness, rigidity, poor coordination and/or balance, or difficulty swallowing. Psychiatric symptoms, such as hallucinations or delusions, also may occur, although these are not as common as behavioral and language changes.
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How does frontotemporal dementia affect quality of life?

Because FTD often strikes at a younger age, the person may still be in the midst of her most significant earning potential period of life. FTD can affect the ability to perform job responsibilities, and therefore hinder a person's ability to earn a living and accumulate for retirement.
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How do you manage frontotemporal dementia?

There's currently no cure or specific treatment for frontotemporal dementia. Drugs used to treat or slow Alzheimer's disease don't seem to be helpful for people with frontotemporal dementia, and some may worsen the symptoms of frontotemporal dementia.
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What does frontal lobe damage cause?

Damage to the neurons or tissue of the frontal lobe can lead to personality changes, difficulty concentrating or planning, and impulsivity.
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What does the temporal and frontal lobe do?

Four brain lobes

The parietal lobe lies behind the frontal lobe. This lobe takes in sensory information and helps an individual understand their position in their environment. The temporal lobe is at the lower front of the brain. This lobe has strong links with visual memory, language, and emotion.
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How does dementia affect speech?

The main characteristics of speech and language in people with Alzheimer's dementia include: difficulties in finding words for objects, difficulties with naming, understanding difficulties, and a louder voice when speaking.
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What is the main function of the temporal lobe?

The temporal lobes are also believed to play an important role in processing affect/emotions, language, and certain aspects of visual perception. The dominant temporal lobe, which is the left side in most people, is involved in understanding language and learning and remembering verbal information.
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What would happen if the temporal lobe is damaged?

The temporal lobe is responsible for interpreting and assigning meaning to various sounds. As a result, damage to the left temporal lobe often leads to problems understanding language, also known as receptive aphasia or Wernicke's aphasia.
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What happens if the right temporal lobe is damaged?

Right temporal damage can cause a loss of inhibition of talking. The temporal lobes are highly associated with memory skills. Left temporal lesions result in impaired memory for verbal material. Right side lesions result in recall of non-verbal material, such as music and drawings.
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How do people with frontotemporal dementia live?

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  1. Get regular health care.
  2. Ask family and friends for help with child care, errands, and other tasks.
  3. Spend time doing enjoyable activities, away from the demands of caregiving. ...
  4. Join a support group for caregivers of people with FTDs.
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Does frontotemporal dementia affect posture?

Types of frontotemporal dementia (FTD) include Pick's disease, primary progressive aphasia, and semantic dementia. As well as affecting behavior and language use, they can impact a person's posture and gait and increase the risk of falling.
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What type of dementia affects vision?

W's condition is called posterior cortical atrophy (PCA). This form of dementia is easy to overlook. The key feature is usually visual problems without any discoverable eye disease, combined with cognitive problems that are milder than AD at the beginning.
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Do people with frontal lobe dementia get violent?

A study from Lund University in Sweden showed that one-third of patients with the diagnosis Alzheimer's disease or frontotemporal dementia were physically aggressive towards healthcare staff, other patients, relatives, animals and complete strangers.
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How fast does frontotemporal dementia progress?

The length of FTD varies, with some patients declining rapidly over two to three years, and others showing only minimal changes over a decade. Studies have shown persons with FTD to live with the disease an average of eight years, with a range from three years to 17 years.
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What is Behavioural variant frontotemporal dementia?

The behavioral variant of Frontotemporal dementia (bvFTD) is the most common presentation of Frontotemporal degeneration. This variant is characterized by progressive atrophy (cell loss) in frontal and anterior temporal regions of the brain leading to alterations in complex thinking, personality and behavior.
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Does frontotemporal dementia affect vision?

Using an inexpensive, non-invasive, eye-imaging technique, the Penn Medicine scientists found that patients with FTD showed thinning of the outer retina—the layers with the photoreceptors through which we see—compared to control subjects.
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Does dementia get worse at night?

People living with Alzheimer's and other dementia may have problems sleeping or experience increased confusion, anxiety, agitation, pacing and disorientation beginning at dusk and continuing throughout the night (referred to as sundowning).
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Why do dementia patients get angry at night?

"And then, unfortunately, that older person can't express their needs or thoughts to us, so it comes out as a behavior." Dementia patients are also very attuned to their environment and can become easily stressed out when changes occur, leading to sundowning.
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