Table 1. Causes of Dementia.

1.) Alzheimer’s Disease	Most common cause. Caused by plaque build-up in the brain.
2.) Vascular Dementia	Caused by damage to the vessels that supply blood to the brain.
3.) Lewy Body Dementia	Caused by balloon like clumps of protein deposit in brain.
4.) Frontotemporal Dementia	Caused by breakdown of nerves and cells in frontal and temporal part of brain.
5.) Mixed Dementia	Caused by combination of several causes listed above
6.) Disorders linked to Dementia:	Huntington Disease: genetic mutation causes nerve cell breakdown Traumatic Brain Injury: results from repeated head trauma Creutzfeldt- Jacob Disease: depositions of infectious prion proteins Parkinson’s Disease: people with advanced disease develop dementia