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Training First Responders to Interact with Dementia Patients
Active lifestyles and medical advances are helping Americans live longer lives and decreasing the mortality rate associated with…
WHAT ARE SYMPTOMS OF LEWY BODY?
- Visual hallucinations. They may include seeing shapes, animals or people.
- Movement disorders. Similar to Parkinson’s disease, slowed mobility, shuffling.
- Poor regulation of body functions (autonomic nervous system). Blood pressure, pulse, digestive and constipation.
- Cognitive problems. Similar to those of Alzheimer’s disease, such as confusion, poor attention, visual-spatial problems and memory loss.
- Sleep difficulties. Rapid eye movement (REM) sleep behavior disorder, which can cause physically acting out dreams, insomnia, restless leg syndrome.
