Always wanted to know. Might be a stupid question, just know both are associated with the elderly forgetting stuff and the people around them.
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They’re the same thing technically, just on different parts of the brain. Tau proteins build up on the brain like cobwebs, diminishing function. Yes, it actually looks like cobwebs! With dementia it is usually on the frontal or temporal lobe of the brain (this controls higher reasoning and such). With Alzheimer’s the cobwebs form on the long term memory center. One could say that Alzheimer’s is a form of dementia. It is not known where these proteins come from or why they build up where they do.
TLDR
Alzheimer’s and Dementia are the same condition but on different parts of the brain, which can cause vastly different symptoms.
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