What is Lewy Body Dementia? What are the symptoms and signs of Lewy Body Dementia? Can the disease be treated and what is the life expectancy of a person with dementia with lewy bodies? What are the lewy body dementia stages and how many cases of lewy body are there in the UK and Scotland.
Dementia with Lewy Bodies or DLB as it is sometimes referred to, accounts for nearly 10% of all cases of degenerative dementia and the number of people with the disease are said to number over 100,000 in the UK. The dementia of Lewy Bodies is often misdiagnosed by GPs as Alzheimer’s or Parkinson’s disease because the symptoms...
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Lewy body dementia is the third most common form of dementia behind Alzheimer’s disease and Vascular dementia. The correct name for this dementia is “dementia with Lewy Bodies” or “DLB” as it is also known. Lewy body affects nearly 10% of all cases of dementia. It most commonly affects people over the age of 65, although...
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