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Q: Lewy Body Dementia

asked by: Shellbell on February 6th, 2006

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:cry: my mum has got lbd can anyone help me with what it is and how long I will have left with her, this is very hard for me as me and mum are close and I dont want to lose her

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admin

replied on January 17th, 2007

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Re: Lewy Body Dementia

shellbell wrote:

my mum has got lbd can anyone help me with what it is and how long I will have left with her, this is very hard for me as me and mum are close and I dont want to lose her

lbd is a condition due to brain damage. The cause is still unknown and has been recently distinguished as a separate disease from alzheimer's.Main symptoms: loss of memory, affected language,unability to fulfill simple actions,parkinsonian signs,dysphagia,shorten life expectancy, etc.
Lbd is quckly progressive disease usually ending with death.
Although there are some drugs that are used, there is no cure for it.

cpow10

replied on February 4th, 2008

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Lewy Body

How progressive is the disease and how long is life expectency after diagnosis?

tasha83

replied on February 13th, 2008

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a friend

Hello,

well a very near friend, who's now 33 years old, he has levy body disease. I do not know how to reacte, he doesn't want to take the treatement and at his age I can understand him. Isn't there any knew kind of experimental treatement or even plants, or any person to contact for more information?

Sorry for my approximative english, I'm from Geneva and speaking is ok but writting Confused

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Thanks

SHA

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