Dementia
Categorical breakdown of terms falling inder the category of Dementia. Sub categories will become more specific in nature to the terms listed for Dementia.
Sub-Categories
Terms
AIDS Dementia Complex - A neurologic condition associated with the ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME and characterized by i...
Alzheimer Disease - A degenerative disease of the BRAIN characterized by the insidious onset of DEMENTIA. Impairment of ...
Aphasia, Primary Progressive - A progressive form of dementia characterized by the global loss of language abilities and initial pr...
Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome - A rare transmissible encephalopathy most prevalent between the ages of 50 and 70 years. Affected ind...
Dementia - An acquired organic mental disorder with loss of intellectual abilities of sufficient severity to in...
Dementia, Multi-Infarct - Loss of higher cortical functions with retained awareness due to multiple cortical or subcortical CE...
Dementia, Vascular - An imprecise term referring to dementia associated with CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS, including CEREBRA...
Diffuse Neurofibrillary Tangles with Calcification - A form of presenile DEMENTIA characterized by cortical dementia, NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLES without SEN...
Frontotemporal Dementia - The most common clinical form of FRONTOTEMPORAL LOBAR DEGENERATION, this dementia presents with pers...
Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration - Heterogeneous group of neurodegenerative disorders characterized by frontal and temporal lobe atroph...
Huntington Disease - A familial disorder inherited as an autosomal dominant trait and characterized by the onset of progr...
Kluver-Bucy Syndrome - A neurobehavioral syndrome associated with bilateral medial temporal lobe dysfunction. Clinical mani...
Lewy Body Disease - A neurodegenerative disease characterized by dementia, mild parkinsonism, and fluctuations in attent...
Pick Disease of the Brain - A rare form of DEMENTIA that is sometimes familial. Clinical features include APHASIA; APRAXIA; CONF...
Primary Progressive Nonfluent Aphasia - A form of frontotemporal lobar degeneration and a progressive form of dementia characterized by moto...
Primary Progressive Nonfluent Aphasia - A form of frontotemporal lobar degeneration and a progressive form of dementia characterized by moto...
Common Chronic Illnesses
Coronary Disease
An imbalance between myocardial functional requirements and the capacity of the CORONARY VESSELS to supply sufficient blood flow. It is a form of MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA (insufficient blood supply to the heart muscle) caused by a decreased capacity of the coronary vessels.
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1
A subtype of DIABETES MELLITUS that is characterized by INSULIN deficiency. It is manifested by the sudden onset of severe HYPERGLYCEMIA, rapid progression to DIABETIC KETOACIDOSIS, and DEATH unless treated with insulin. The disease may occur at any age, but is most common in childhood or adolescence.
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Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2
A subclass of DIABETES MELLITUS that is not INSULIN-responsive or dependent (NIDDM). It is characterized initially by INSULIN RESISTANCE and HYPERINSULINEMIA; and eventually by GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; HYPERGLYCEMIA; and overt diabetes. Type II diabetes mellitus is no longer considered a disease exclusively found in adults. Patients seldom develop KETOSIS but often exhibit OBESITY.
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Hypertension
Persistently high systemic arterial BLOOD PRESSURE. Based on multiple readings (BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION), hypertension is currently defined as when SYSTOLIC PRESSURE is consistently greater than 140 mm Hg or when DIASTOLIC PRESSURE is consistently 90 mm Hg or more.
Mesothelioma
A tumor derived from mesothelial tissue (peritoneum, pleura, pericardium). It appears as broad sheets of cells, with some regions containing spindle-shaped, sarcoma-like cells and other regions showing adenomatous patterns. Pleural mesotheliomas have been linked to exposure to asbestos. (Dorland, 27th ed)
Osteoarthritis
A progressive, degenerative joint disease, the most common form of arthritis, especially in older persons. The disease is thought to result not from the aging process but from biochemical changes and biomechanical stresses affecting articular cartilage. In the foreign literature it is often called osteoarthrosis deformans.
