In the dementia, the most common form “Alzheimer’s disease”
was found at the age of 50s of a patient’s (in 1906, Auguste D)
case study by a German Psychiatrists Alois Alzheimer, in Germany.
It means, this is the landmark of early onset (EOD<65 years)
evidence-1-2% early onset Alzheimer’s disease (Zhu et al., 2015),
the dementias are not a part of normal aging or late onset only.
However, no one considers the early onset disease can appear with
the younger age (YOD<65years). The well-known single common
forms of dementia is AD (Sampson, Warren, and Rossor, 2004)-
majority people will have the common progress in roughly the
same way as it does in elderly people (John Hopkins Medicine,
2015) and others like; vascular dementia, Korsakoff’s syndrome,
Lew-body-20% (Sampson, Warren and Rossor, 2004), alcohol
related dementia, Parkin’s disease, Huntingons disease, HIV-AIDS,
people with down-syndrome and some learning disabilities, and
multiple sclerosis may develop as early onset of the patients in
their life (Alzheimer Society of Ireland, 2015). Also, the rare forms
of dementias and genetics types can affect the 30s to 40s of ages.
Globally dementia is a burden issue for health professionals,
family members, caregivers and patients [1]. Typically, we associate
dementia with older age. However, younger people can also suffer
from dementia [2]. A group of inherited disorders may appear with
the children and that may lead brain disorders. Also, the lipids,
cholesterol accumulate, liver and spleen dysfunction can result
confusion, failure in the examination, learning difficulties, mood
disorder, difficulty reasoning, low level of brain activities, less
participations with the peers in the school age children [3,4].
It indicates that symptoms of dementia can vary greatly
[5], but the following is associated with dementia in children;
Alexander disease, Autism (Infantile), Batten disease, Metabolic
diseases, Niemann-Pick Type C, Adrenoleukodystrophy, SubacutesclerosingPanencephalitis
(SSPE), Tay Sachs disease, Canavan disease, Juvenile Huntington’s disease etc [6]. Children can have
similar symptoms as adults have like; Hallucination, disturbed
sleep/fear, feel grief and sadness/depression [3], anger, irritation,
impatience, and less ‘acceptable’ emotions. The review indicates
that coping with dementia issue is a significant issue for children.
Children may feel, share, and adjustment about the disease
in the future. Therefore, there is a need for ongoing education of
school children in dementia that helps the unnecessary conflicts
regarding dementia. Therefore, children need a clear understanding
of way to take further actions about the disease. Children should
be supported with ways to minimize dementia and deal with the
associated problems [7]. Indeed, there is not a magic formula but
needs a special approach to get help for the understanding of
dementia to the children.
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