[lit-ideas] Re: Superman Returns
- From: "Judith Evans" <judithevans1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Mon, 3 Jul 2006 09:55:44 +0100
Oh sorry, really I repeated Carol's point.
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From: "Judith Evans" <judithevans1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: Superman Returns
> It seems to me Alzheimer's can be a cause of death; admittedly
> the proximate cause would be starvation (some prefer to call it
> dehydration) and admittedly also once someone is that weak, an
> infection that would not normally be fatal, is. Still, I'd be
> inclined to say Alzheimer's was a cause.
>
>
>
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> From: "Robert Paul" <rpaul@xxxxxxxx>
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> Sent: Monday, July 03, 2006 1:02 AM
> Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: Superman Returns
>
>
> > Lawrence,
> >
> > I'm just trying to clear up certain misunderstandings, the
> first of
> > which, to go back to my earlier post, is that dementia is a
> cause of
> > death. I tried in my post before this to show how confusion
> might arise
> > about this by pointing out that the causes of vascular
dementia
> >
> > http://www.alzheimers.org.uk/VascularDementia/index.htm
> >
> > including ischemic stroke(s) may also cause death.
> >
> > > I don’t know if you’ve had anyone close to you die in this
> fashion, but
> > > it is common for everyone involved to refer to the disease
as
> > > Alzheimer’s -- even if the doctor’s call it dementia, as in
> my mother’s
> > > case:
> >
> > I haven't. However, I've been around (and currently am
around)
> a fair
> > number of people who suffer from dementia caused by various
> things,
> > about half of whom have Alzheimer's. Whether or not it's
common
> for
> > people to refer to anyone suffering from dementia as
suffering
> from
> > Alzheimer's it is simply a mistake to do so. Alzheimer's
> manifests
> > itself in brain changes before signs of dementia appear
> although it's
> > usually diagnosed only after they do. However, although
> Alzheimer's
> > causes dementia not all dementia is caused by Alzheimer's.
> >
> > http://www.helpguide.org/elder/alzheimers_dementias_types.htm
> >
> > (Some who have Alzheimer's have other dementia-related
> conditions, e.g.
> > vascular dementia.) You cite this
> >
> > > Dementia is a loss of brain function. It is not a single
> disease.
> > > Instead, dementia refers to a group of illnesses that
involve
> memory,
> > > behavoir, learning, and communicating problems. The
problems
> are
> > > progressive, which means they slowly get worse.
> >
> > from
> >
> > > http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000739.htm
> >
> > Had you cited the next section you'd have come closer to the
> distinction
> > I'm concerned to make:
> >
> > 'The two major causes of degenerative (non-reversible)
dementia
> are
> > Alzheimer's disease and vascular dementia (loss of brain
> function due to
> > a series of small strokes). The two conditions often occur
> together.'
> >
> > Here the authors correct an apparent slip in their first try
at
> > characterizing dementia, viz., that in all cases dementia
> slowly
> > worsens. This is not true of the dementia caused by transient
> hypoxia,
> > drugs, or alcohol.
> >
> > Robert
>
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