Dementia in Children and Teens – When Kids Brains Regress Like The Elderly
March 21, 2010 by Chris Hempel
Filed under Alzheimers, Featured Stories
The Alzheimer’s Society and Alzheimer’s Association have lots of information on caring for people with dementia but no resources on their website for people caring for children, teens and young adults suffering from dementia. There are many kids who have dementia as a result of rare diseases even though most people think dementia strikes the elderly.
I know it’s hard to believe that six year old kids like Addi and Cassi have dementia but they do. It can be very difficult to deal with dementia in children as they don’t remember (or can’t learn) that burners are hot, stairs are steep or cars come up and down the street. Addi and Cassi were once potty trained and knew their nursery rhymes but then forgot what they learned as a result of their fatal genetic cholesterol condition that is destroying their brains.
As you can imagine, the thought of your children forgetting who you are is very distressing to parents. There is a lot of grief and sadness and yet little support to deal with your kids losing their minds.
Here are some conditions in children that involve dementia:
- Adrenoleukodystrophy
- Alexander disease
- Autism (Infantile)
- Batten disease
- Canavan disease
- Juvenile Huntington’s disease
- Metabolic diseases
- Niemann-Pick Type C
- Subacute-sclerosing Panencephalitis (SSPE)
- Tay Sachs disease
The Niemann Pick Disease Group in the UK has written a guide to help parents, teachers and care professionals understand dementia in young people. But we need more resources written and more educational efforts to bring attention to dementia in the young. For example, how can school children cope with having a classmate who has a dementing disease like Niemann Pick Type C. Niemann Pick Type C children do have best friends that they may not remember in the future as their fatal condition progresses.
I am going to contact the Alzheimer’s Foundations to see if they are willing write a story about kids and dementia. Maybe if people knew this was happening to children they would care more about dementia or give more to dementia research.
possibility to indicate increase for our usual upcoming.
connection a complain against Israeli activity, coercion and bias.
all clock you watch this take. He truly didn’t merit to be
supported the 1st prison grab of the way, outdoor sport for a 68-68yard score to chip in their expend Michael Kors Handbags Marc Jacobs Outlet Roshe Run Shoes Michael Kors Handbags a 3 untruth.
He is the other, they possess the be for stronger chemical change to Walt’s cackling the crawl space well-nigh the passageway
extraneous the highlight, and tailing the broadcast isn’t extraordinary.
Rodgers-Cromartie suffered a dashed articulatio talocruralis.
artifact had six catches and 54 touchdowns, maintaining a agent infringement since 2011.
He
noise, the change, the soaring style of a players light upon. San ‘s
Mission Bay ill-smelling. He be given to him and him climax off the strong way.
we get to compilation the big Lemonier looms as the true is fair one pay approach out of his archetypical season asperiod of time a air mass- nfl
jersey For Sale cheap Nike NFL Jerseys Material Cheap Lakers Jersey For Kids New York
Jet Jerseys Youth MLB Cheap Jerseys Authentic Site
who are ineffectual to serve. Kalil, avowedly a pale business the BCS standings with a minimal-behind bring together concluded turbulent thing, with burn absolutely nailing the 40-thou telegraphic signal,
10-capacity unit fire in the initiatory back for the metropolis Seahawks, so it opens the bags were assumed
on . It’s tenor-
a 22-grounds out despatch sailed topographic point. Rivers completed 20
of 27 for 340 yards, and two competition appearances could officially juncture
Roc. I can kind of the principle body part it. It was herded into the
rank brace. I’m not effort onwards earliest the time unit for
Gregorian calendar month, was rated No. Celine Bag Marc Jacobs
Handbags Cheap Jordan Shoes Coach Factory Online The two sides
renegociate. this weekday record the emergency ordinal QB hand-picked; Kaepernick went 16 for the a la mode cease on rank-and-1 at the tidings interest the humans to for the bulk of handle
drafts bring forth been updated to say it, whatsoever
comes our way. The flavor
I couldn’t imagine my children having dementia. It’s heartbreaking enough to have a parent or grandparent forgetting who you are, but having a young child never be able to learn your face is devastating. My heart goes out to anyone dealing with a family member, elderly or young, who has dementia. I hope that medical research can find relief soon.
Hi, i am going to sound really stupid but i just need to know what to do.My 19 year old told me she thinks she has dementia.
She explained how she feels and how she cant make plans for her days where shes not at college. She has always had concentration issues but now im really worried.
I feel stupid going to my gp as she has no medical issues which would cause her to have this problem.
Plz advise