LEWY BODY DEMENTIA: After difficulty diagnosing dad?s illness, woman helps educate doctors, public
By Chris Rosenblum
Posted: 12:01am on Nov 27, 2011; Modified: 11:24am on Nov 27, 2011
[snip]
Berrettini?s mental struggles and sleep disruptions nine years ago were early symptoms of Lewy body dementia, a degenerative brain disease that progressively affects thinking, movement, behavior and sleep. It strikes about 1.3 million Americans, making it the second most-common form of dementia behind Alzheimer?s disease.
Despite its prevalence, LBD often is misdiagnosed as Alzheimer?s or Parkinson?s disease, though the medical community has become more aware of the dementia in the past decade....
Read more:
http://www.centredaily.com/2011/11/27/3000411/lewy-body-dementia.html#ixzz1fHXSi6Wu
