Reply #30: Complete list of symptoms of dementia [View All]

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Dementia Symptoms & Signs

* Progressive memory loss
* Inability to concentrate
* Decrease in problem-solving skills and judgment capability
* Confusion, severe
* Hallucinations and delusions
* Altered sensation or perception
* Impaired recognition (agnosia)
o Impaired recognition of familiar objects or persons
o Impaired recognition through the senses
* Altered sleep patterns
o Insomnia
o Need for increased sleep
o Disturbance or change in sleep-wake cycle
* Motor system impairment
o Impaired skilled motor function (apraxia)
+ Inability to reproduce geometric figures
+ Inability to mimic hand positions
+ Inability to dress self
o Gait changes
o Inappropriate movements
o Other motor system impairment
* Disorientation
o Person, place, time disorientation
o Visual-spatial disorientation
o Inability to interpret environmental cues
* Specific disorders of problem-solving or learning
o Inability to generalize
o Loss of abstract thinking
o Impaired calculating ability
o Inability to learn
* Memory deficit
o Short-term memory problems (can't remember new things)
o Long-term memory problems (can't remember past)
* Absent or impaired language ability (aphasia)
o Inability to comprehend speech
o Inability to read
o Inability to write
o Inability to speak, without muscle paralysis
o Inability to form words
o Inability to name objects
o Poor enunciation
o Inappropriate speech; use of jargon or wrong words
o Inability to repeat a phrase
o Persistent repetition of phrases
o Other language impairment
* Personality changes
o Irritability
o Poor temper control
o Anxiety
o Depression
o Indecisiveness
o Self-centeredness
o Inflexibility
o No observable mood (flat affect)
o Inappropriate mood or behavior
o Withdrawal from social interaction
o Inability to function or interact in social or personal situations
o Inability to maintain employment
o Decreased ability to care for oneself
o Decreased interest in daily living activities
* Lack of spontaneity

Additional symptoms that may be associated with this disease are as follows:

* Swallowing problems
* Incontinence