What are the Dementia types?

Alzheimer’s disease patients have plaques and tangles in their brains. Plaques are clumps of a protein called beta-amyloid, and tangles are fibrous tangles made up of tau protein. It’s thought that these clumps damage healthy neurons and the fibers connecting them.

Frontotemporal dementia: This is a group of diseases characterized by the breakdown of nerve cells and their connections in the frontal and temporal lobes of the brain.
Cortical dementia affects just the brain’s outer layer (cortex).
Subcortical dementia affects the cortex’s lowest layer.
Progressive dementia- This disorder worsens with time, gradually producing a greater impediment to cognitive ability.
Primary dementia is not a consequence of any other disease
Secondary dementia developed as a result of a physical injury
Progressive dementia-People with Alzheimer’s disease, Lewy body dementia, and vascular dementia are more likely to develop progressive dementia. Alzheimer’s disease is the most frequent kind of degenerative dementia.For more details, consult Dr. Amit Shah, one of the best Consultant Neurologist in Mumbai.