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D?m?nti? D?m?nti? is ? t?rm us?d to d?scrib? th? loss of m?nt?l ?biliti?s. M?mory loss is th? most promin?nt symptom of d?m?nti?, but p?ti?nts c?n ?lso ?xp?ri?nc? imp?ir?d sp??king, und?rst?nding, judgm?nt, ?nd confusion ?bout pl?c? ?nd tim?. D?m?nti? c?n ?ff?ct p?rson?lity, mood, ?nd b?h?vior. Th?s? imp?irm?nts int?rf?r? with ? p?rson's ?bility to p?rform ?v?ryd?y t?sks. Th? most common c?us?s of d?m?nti? ?r? ?lzh?im?r's dis??s? ?nd strok?s ?ff?cting th? br?in. ?lzh?im?r's dis??s? ?ccounts for 50% to 75% of ?ll c?s?s. Strok?, ? kind of v?scul?r dis??s?, is r?sponsibl? for 10% to 20% of c?s?s. L?ss oft?n, d?m?nti? c?n b? c?us?d by oth?r conditions. M?mory loss ?nd confusion c?n b? c?us?d ?lso by ?lcohol, d?pr?ssion, m?dic?tion sid? ?ff?cts, physic?l illn?ss, ?nd oth?r conditions. D?t?rmining if th?s? f?ctors ?r? th? c?us? of m?mory loss or confusion is import?nt b?c?us? tr??tm?nt m?y r?v?rs? or stop th? d?clin? of m?nt?l ?biliti?s. (Goldm?nn, 1999). ?lzh?im?r's dis??s?...

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