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Dementia due to metabolic causes   

Overview | Symptoms | Treatment | Prevention

Symptoms

  • Slowly progressive, may occur over years
  • Loss of memory, judgment, intellectual functioning
  • Personality changes
  • Decreases of movement, sensation, speech, hearing, vision, or other brain functions
  • Confusion, disorientation to person, place, time
  • Language disturbance
  • Loss of ability to control bladder function
Note: Additional symptoms associated with the causative disorder may also be present.

Signs and Tests

A neurologic examination shows various abnormalities depending on the cause. Abnormal reflexes may be present.

Tests for suspected causes may include, but are not limited to:

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