Diagnosis of Dementia

How to make diagnosis of dementia?

Dementia is characterized by the presence of impaired cognition, function and behavior, resulting in interference with work, daily activities and social. Diagnosis is based on history, physical examination and neuropsychological assessment. History / interview include disease onset (acute / chronic), disease (stable / progressive, improved), age at onset occurred, general medical and neurological history, changes neurobehaviour, psychiatric history, history-related etiology (such as infections, nutritional deficiencies , drug use, and family history). The physical examination includes vital signs, general examination, neurological and neuropsychological examination. Investigations include laboratory and radiological examinations.

Dementia

        Dementia is a clinical syndrome that includes loss of intellectual functions and memory were so heavy that causes dysfunction of daily life - days. Dementia is a condition when a person experiences memory loss and other thinking power which significantly interfere with activities of daily living. Meanwhile, according to Lumbantobing (1995) is a set of symptoms of dementia degeneration in intellectual functioning, usually marked disruption of at least three functions namely language, memory, visuospacial, and emotional.

Medical Treatment and Therapy of Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo

       Management of BPPV include observation, medication to suppress vestibular function (vestibulosuppressan), canalith repositioning, and surgery. Primary election governance is observed, Because BPPV can own resolution in weekly or monthly. Therefore, most experts recommend that only observation. However, during the observation time of patients still suffer from vertigo. As a result, patients are faced with the possibility of falling when vertigo blaze while he was on the move.