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multi-infarct dementia
Clinical manifestations:
1) symptoms often develop in a stepwise manner
2) confusion
3) memory impairment
4) wandering or getting lost in familiar places
5) urinary incontinence
6) fecal incontinence
7) emotional incontinence
8) difficulty following instructions
9) problems handling money
Management:
1) treat hypertension
3) treat dyslipidemia
Interactions
disease interactions
Specific
Binswanger's disease (subcortical atherosclerotic encephalopathy)
CADASIL (cerebral autosomal dominant arteriopathy with subcortical infarcts & leukoencephalopathy)
General
vascular dementia
References
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
NINDS Multi-Infarct Dementia Information Page
https://www.ninds.nih.gov/Disorders/All-Disorders/Multi-Infarct-Dementia-Information-Page