Age-related Cognitive Dysfunction (Dementia): A Natural Approach

TABLE 1 – DEMENTIA: TYPE, CAUSES & TREATMENTS Type Cause Conventional Treatment Dementia of Alzheimer type (DAT) Plaques, tangles, transmitter defects, abnormal amyloid deposition Anticholinesterases, nerve growth Factor Vascular dementia Multiple infarcts, stroke, small vessel disease Aspirin, lower blood pressure, lower cholesterol Lewy body dementia Lewy bodies, transmitter defects Anticholinesterases Parkinson's disease Lewy bodies especially in basal Ganglia Antiparkinsonian drugs do not help Dementia Frontal lobe dementia Various, including Pick's Normal pressure hydrocephalus Obstructed cerebrospinal fluid flow due to previous damage, e.g. subarachnoid hemorrhage, meningitis Surgery (shunt)