tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post5427088958636368254..comments2024-03-29T11:18:17.285+00:00Comments on Bruce Charlton's Notions: Dementia and delirium - dementia may be not so bad as it seems...Bruce Charltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-40785981300655252832012-02-06T17:46:53.479+00:002012-02-06T17:46:53.479+00:00@Agnello - IF that is true, I would expect the ben...@Agnello - IF that is true, I would expect the benefit to be on delirium rather than dementia - and that ought to be detectable on EEG (electroencephalogram) if you were looking for it.Bruce Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-79573935367448409992012-02-06T17:30:46.586+00:002012-02-06T17:30:46.586+00:00High ionization in the atmosphere - such as after ...High ionization in the atmosphere - such as after a rain storm - has been observed to have a highly beneficial impact on patient dementia.I am not certain I can draw a useful conclusion there from, but the datum seemed to belong in the collection you are building....<br /> -AgnelloAgnellohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06601095346279094309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-652807549369208622012-02-03T18:59:50.009+00:002012-02-03T18:59:50.009+00:00Seems to me I learned that if a patient has ever h...Seems to me I learned that if a patient has ever had a delirium, his chance of developing dementia down the road is significantly elevated. This theory may help explain why.Samson J.http://samsonsjawbone.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-83627225959234457692012-02-03T07:20:07.617+00:002012-02-03T07:20:07.617+00:00@Kristor - yes fear. A brief summary of psychotic ...@Kristor - yes fear. A brief summary of psychotic delirium is 'waking nightmare' (there are milder forms of delirium, much harder to detect - characterized not so much by fear but by perplexity, puzzlement).Bruce Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-58162747584823001042012-02-03T06:46:42.039+00:002012-02-03T06:46:42.039+00:00We have just seen exactly this with our elderly do...We have just seen exactly this with our elderly dog. She had a grand mal seizure out of the blue 2 weeks ago. No diagnosis was forthcoming - she has no tumor, no sign of cerebral bleeds, organs are all working OK. The vet said that somewhere around 30% of elderly dogs have such "cryptogenic" seizures. <br /><br />Anyway, after the seizure she was very weak and confused for about a week. She'd have bright, alert spells, then lapse into a fog, that would have her unable to find her way to my side of the bed from my wife's side, or standing with her head against a wall, not moving. Sometimes she would seem totally blind, and then the next morning she'd spot a cat 30 feet away and go on the alert. Then she'd take a nap and wake up blind and deaf. <br /><br />It was really rather scary to see how variable her condition was. <br /><br />But over the last week she seems to have recovered. The dementia is still there - she is not as quick on the uptake as she used to be - but she is herself, knows her way about, and obviously feels more comfortable and far less fearful.<br /><br />I think one of the major contributing factors has to be fear. It is much much harder to think your way through a problem when you are terrified to the point of panic, and she often showed every sign of that, understandably.Kristornoreply@blogger.com