Why An Examination?
Peter Johannsen, Ph.D., Department Physician (15-08-2005)
As many conditions may be similar to dementia, and dementia may be caused by many different diseases, it is important to have any worrying symptoms checked out by your doctor. Once you have established what is wrong, the problems often become easier to handle. Once you have been diagnosed, you can also get the right information, help and treatment.
Many symptoms of dementia can be helped by treatment. Unfortunately very few types of dementia can actually be cured.