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

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
David Chu
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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.

David Chu
David Chu
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David Chu is a London-based journalist who has been working in the financial sector for almost 30 years in major cities in China and abroad, including South Korea, Thailand, and other Southeast Asian countries. He was born in a family specializing in Traditional Chinese Medicine and has a background in ancient Chinese literature.
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