Cerebrovascular dementia

Cerebrovascular dementia is a chronic brain disease that disrupts cognitive functions. It is the second most common cause of dementia in the elderly. This disease affects certain brain functions more, such as planning more than memory. Early signs include changes in patients’ movement and mood. Vascular causes affect the brain, including infarctions, ischemia, bleeding, and changes in small blood vessels. Sometimes cerebrovascular dementia accompanies Alzheimer’s disease, resulting in mixed dementia.

Source | Author Doctor Nikas Samuolis, reviewed by Prof. Virginijus Šapoka | Vilnius University | Faculty of Medicine | Head of the Department of Internal Medicine, Family Medicine, and Oncology