What is vascular dementia?
Vascular dementia is a common type of dementia. It happens because of problems with blood supply to your brain. It can cause problems with your:
- Reasoning
- Planning
- Judgement
- Memory
- Thinking
If you have diabetesDiabetes is a life-long metabolic disease where the body either doesn't make enough insulin or can't use the insulin it makes. This causes high blood sugar levels. Diabetes can cause damage to various organs over time if not properly managed, have lived with obesity, have high blood pressure or smoke you are more likely to develop this type of dementia. You can also develop this after a stroke.
If you are worried about your memory or thinking you should see your الطبيب العام.General Practitioner .