Hi friend @abigail-dantes, it's good to know that you came back, I already missed your publications, always so educational, it's good to know this information since we are surrounded by many adults, who sometimes have behaviors that we do not understand and instead of realizing that they could to be suffering from some kind of dementia, what we do is to get angry, criticize and often even treat them badly, precisely because of the lack of information about this type of problems.
Frequently, frontotemporal dementia can be misdiagnosed as a psychiatric problem or as Alzheimer's disease. However, frontotemporal dementia tends to occur at a younger age than Alzheimer's disease, generally between 40 and 45 years, which is why at the time of diagnosis the specialist must take these symptoms into account.
It is possible that more than one group of symptoms is present in a single person.
The signs and symptoms of frontotemporal dementia progressively get worse over time, almost always with the years. Sooner or later, people will need 24-hour care, which becomes hard both for the patient and their family members.
Alterations of speech and language
Some subtypes of frontotemporal dementia are characterized by impairment or loss of speech, as well as language-related difficulties.
There are two types of progressive primary aphasia that are considered frontotemporal dementia. Progressive primary aphasia is characterized by an increasing difficulty in using and understanding written and spoken language. For example, people may have trouble finding the right word they want to use when speaking or naming objects.
Semantic dementia is a type of progressive primary aphasia. It is also known as the semantic variable of progressive primary aphasia. People with semantic dementia have significant difficulties in naming objects (anomie) and are likely to replace a specific word with a more general one, such as "it" instead of "pen". They may also lose the knowledge of the meaning of words.
Progressive Agrammatic (non-fluent) aphasia is another type of progressive primary aphasia that is characterized by non-fluent speech, that is, hesitant. The speech may sound telegraphic, with improper use of pronouns and errors in the construction of sentences.
Well this topic is broad and I like it a lot, we have to consider the people who suffer from these disorders, we must take care of them and offer them all the understanding and possible love.
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