ETIOLOGIES OF DEMENTIA

Alzheimer’s disease

Lewy body dementia

Parkinson’s disease

Medication side effect

Vascular dementia

     Hemorrhagic

          Stroke

          Subdural hematoma

          Subarachnoid hemorrhage

          Intracerebral hemorrhage

     Thrombotic

          Stroke

          Embolic

               Endocarditis

               Atrial fibrillation

               Atrial myxoma

     Vasculitis

Residual neurologic damage (infectious, anoxic, or traumatic)

Normal pressure hydorcephalus

Depression

Brain tumor

Alcohol induced

Wernicke’s/Karsacoff’s syndrome (thiamine deficiency)

Wilson’s disease

Neurosyphilis

Lyme disease

HIV dementia

Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy

Urinary tract infections

Uremia

Thyroid disease

     Hypothyroidism

     Hyperthyroidism

Vitamin B12 deficiency

Pellagra (vitamin B6 deficiency)

Jakob-Creutzfeldt disease

Systemic lupus erythematosus

Heavy metal poisoning