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. 2021 Sep 27;7(4):92–98. doi: 10.32481/djph.2021.09.012

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