Physician Recommends Self-Assessment Tool to Detect ‘Very Early Dementia’

Symptoms of "very early dementia" include forgetfulness, losing their temper because of this, not recognizing there is a problem, and at the same time being unwilling to seek medical treatment. Shutterstock

Dementia is caused by encephalopathy (brain lesion) leading to decreased brain function. As the population ages, the number of people with dementia is increasing year by year.

According to statistics from the Ministry of Health and Welfare of Taiwan, the population of people with dementia will exceed 300,000 in 2022, of which 96 percent are over 65, and the trend is moving towards younger patients.