What Are Rapidly Progressive Dementias? | LiveTalk | Being Patient

Dr. Michael Geschwind, professor of neurology at the University of California San Francisco Memory and Aging Center, speaks about the symptoms, diagnoses and treatments of rapidly progressive dementias.
Read on for the transcript of the LiveTalk: www.beingpatient.com/rapidly-...
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Thank you for this information! I have an uncle with cdj and 59. It's been about 7 months since we found out. Just became bedridden all of a sudden, this past week. Praying for all of these patients and their families. 🙏

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My Mum now has this following her Covid vaccines.

[@danakelly892]

My husband was diagnosed with Dementia in July 2018. In May 2024, He was able to walk and speak, but definitely showed symptoms of Dementia. Now June 2024 he is unable to carry his own weight, bed ridden. Hospice said he may only have a few weeks to live.

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This is what happened to my Mother when her lung cancer went to her brain. By the time she started having seizures, she lived for a month.

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my wife has fast progressing Alzheimer. She went from driving well last May 2023 to being in assisted living and barely being able to get out of bed today.

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Wow Very Informative Interview

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My father in law progressed so fast from the time he had Covid. He is now 83 years old.

[@liddlemountain7245]

My mom was officially diagnoaed at 62 but we didnt see any huge until a year before. Im scared I have it... my nan has dementia but shes in her 80s and it wasnt at all like my moms.

[@mrs.e3909]

What was the second "I" ?? I couldn't understand what the doctor was saying in order to try to look it up.

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How to treat toxic encephalopathy rapid dementia. I had cipro poisoning

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Can serious injuries like broken bones cause dementia to come on more rapidly

[@annchurchill2638]

It's the Executive function we have to worry about in our chief executive.!Hekeeps asking"where do I go now? What am I sjpposed to do?"HIs memory is cleary impaired ,even his speech.Balance is clearly effected. Didn't Biden have a CVA? U C S F: respect.I think what we have is a in Biden in the past year. Getting worse every week.OMG Commnader in Chief?With multiinfarct dentia bythe time the person is into demnetia, it's too late due to all the strokes' damage.I had an RPD due to a toxic exposure and was diagnosed with "some kind of Alzheimer's", but over 20 years it has cleared. My lungs are just recuperating.

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Neuro covid ....bad stuff.