Frontotemporal dementia (FTD) also known as Pick’s disease or frontal lobe dementia, is caused when nerve cells in the frontal and/or temporal lobes of the brain die and the pathways that connect them change. Over time, the brain tissue in the frontal and temporal lobes shrinks. FTD has a more profound effect on behaviour and personality than on the memory because the frontal and temporal lobes of the brain control behaviour, emotional responses and language skills.

Mixed dementia

A diagnosis of mixed dementia means the person has more than one type of dementia. Most commonly it is a mixture of AD and VaD. The symptoms of mixed dementia are variable and should be managed according to the type that is thought to be the predominant cause of the person’s dementia.

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