Causes of Dementia

Causes of Dementia
D	■ Dehydration ■ Depression
E	■ Endocrine (thyroid disease) ■ Environment (change or new environment, hyperthermia, hypothermia) ■ Electrolyte disturbances
M	■ Medication ■ Metabolic (diabetes, hypokalemia, dehydration, uremia)
E	■ Eye and ear problems
N	■ Nutritional deficiencies ■ Normal pressure hydrocephalus ■ Neurosyphilis
T	■ Tumor (primary or secondary) ■ Trauma
I	■ Infection (respiratory, urinary, sepsis) ■ Impaction (fecal) ■ Ischemia (MI, stroke, embolism) ■ Insomnia
A	■ Anemia deficient in vitamin B12 or folate) ■ Anoxia (CHF, respiratory failure) ■ Alcoholism ■ Anesthetic