Primary progressive aphasia - Symptoms and causes - Mayo Clinic
网页2023年4月1日 · Primary progressive aphasia is a type of frontotemporal dementia. Frontotemporal dementia is a cluster of disorders that results from the degeneration of the frontal or temporal lobes of the brain. These areas …
Aphasia and dementia: Symptoms, treatments, and more - Medical News Today
网页2022年8月23日 · Aphasia is an inability to express or understand words due to damage to the brain. Dementia can also cause speech and language issues. Learn more here.
Aphasia vs. Dementia: What's the Difference? - Healthline
网页2023年8月18日 · Aphasia refers to difficulty expressing or understanding words due to brain damage. Dementia is an umbrella term that refers to several degenerative conditions affecting the brain, including...
Frontotemporal dementia - Symptoms and causes - Mayo Clinic
网页2023年11月28日 · Frontotemporal dementia (FTD) is an umbrella term for a group of brain diseases that mainly affect the frontal and temporal lobes of the brain. These areas of the brain are associated with personality, behavior and language. In frontotemporal dementia, parts of these lobes shrink, known as atrophy.
Primary progressive aphasia involves many losses: Here's what …
网页2022年4月13日 · When you think about progressive brain disorders that cause dementia, you usually think of memory problems. But sometimes language problems — also known as aphasia — are the first symptom. What's aphasia? Aphasia is a disorder of language because of injury to the brain.
Aphasia - Symptoms & causes - Mayo Clinic
网页2022年6月11日 · Sometimes this type of aphasia will progress to a more generalized dementia. Sometimes temporary episodes of aphasia can occur. These can be due to migraines, seizures or a transient ischemic attack (TIA).
Dementia - The National Aphasia Association
网页How does dementia relate to aphasia? Most aphasia types are caused by stroke or other acute brain injury that damages brain tissue in areas important for language processing.
Aphasia: Types, Causes, Symptoms & Treatment - Cleveland Clinic
网页2022年4月12日 · Aphasia is a brain disorder that disrupts how you speak or understand others talking. This happens because of other conditions, especially brain damage from stroke.
Primary Progressive Aphasia (PPA) - Cleveland Clinic
网页2022年4月12日 · Primary progressive aphasia is a disorder that causes a loss of language skills. It’s a type of dementia and may be a sign of Alzheimer’s disease.
Aphasia and Dementia - Dementia Resource Center
网页Aphasia is a symptom of dementia, not a type of the disease, with the exception of primary progressive aphasia, a rare and slow progressing condition that is actually considered a …