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The primary causes of death in patients with the four atypical parkinsonism disorder are pneumonia, inability to take in nutrition/hydration, and complications from falls. Pneumonia has two causes – balance problems that lead to immobility, and dysphagia(swallowing problems).

Clinical criteria for dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) was first proposed in 1996. The criteria were revised in 1999 and 2005. This means that many neurologists in practice today never studied this disorder in medical school, if they graduated in 2005 and earlier.

Dementia is an umbrella term describing cognitive and memory symptoms. The most common disorder with dementia symptoms is Alzheimer’s Disease. The next two most common disorders with dementia symptoms are Vascular Dementia and Dementia with Lewy Bodies (DLB). Most researchers think Vascular Dementia is second, but some argue for DLB. Learn more.

RBD (REM sleep behavior disorder) is a risk factor for developing Lewy body dementia as well as Parkinson’s Disease.

Parkinsonism is a general term that describes a cluster of symptoms. Not everyone with parkinsonism has Parkinson’s Disease, though the majority do.

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