BINSWANGER'S DISEASE

Binswanger's disease is a type of dementia caused by widespread, microscopic areas of damage to the deep layers of white matter in the brain.

The damage is the result of the thickening and narrowing of arteries that feed the subcortial areas of the brain.

As the arteries become more and more narrowed, the blood supplied by these arteries decreases and brain tissue dies.

SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS

• Short term memory
• Mood and organization
• The regulation of attention
• The ability to make decisions/behavior
• Psycho motor slowness

There is no specific course of treatment for Binswanger's Disease

47.5 million people live with some form of dementia.

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WORK CITED

• http://www.medicinenet.com/binswangers_disease/article.htm
• http://www.brainfacts.org/diseases-disorders/diseases-a-to-z-from-ninds/bin...

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