Dementia manifests as a series of related symptoms, which usually surface when the brain is damaged by an injury or illness. Symptoms include progressive disturbances in memory, thinking and behavior, which negatively affect a person's ability to function and perform daily activities. Aside from memory impairment and disruption of thinking patterns, the most common symptoms are emotional problems, language problems and decreased motivation. Symptoms can be described as occurring on a continuum in different stages. Dementia is not a disorder of consciousness, as it is not usually affected. It ultimately has a significant effect on the individual, caregivers and relationships in general.

A diagnosis of dementia requires a change in a person's usual mental functioning and a greater cognitive decline than that caused by normal aging. Various diseases and injuries to the brain, such as stroke, can give rise to dementia. However, the most common cause is Alzheimer's disease, a neurodegenerative disorder. More than 95% of people suffering from Alzheimer's disease have the sporadic form (late onset, age 80-90).


Treatment BeterKlinic

BeterKliniek is the clinic for Integrative Medicine that bridges regular and non-regular medicine.

An van Veen (physician) and Michael van Gils (therapist) look for the cause of a condition or disease. That is where the treatment starts otherwise, as people often say, it is 'carrying water to the sea'. We call this cause medicine. Sometimes it is also desirable to treat the symptoms (at the same time). We call this symptom medicine.

Chronic disorders often have their cause in epi- genetics. You can schedule a free informative telephone consultation (phone number 040-7117337 until 1 p.m.) at BeterKliniek to discuss your symptoms so that we can provide you with further advice.