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Dementia in Children
What are the causes?
In children, dementia mainly arises from genetic, often metabolic, disorders that affect the brain and cause loss of learnt skills. Other causes of dementia in children include AIDS related dementia, brain injury and subacute-sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE). The term pseudo-dementia is used where loss of skills is temporary, such as during the spasms of some rare epilepsies, or when a temporary dementia-like picture occurs during severe depression.
Dementia may involve loss of memory, the ability to think clearly, to understand words and to recognise people. Children with dementia can show personality changes and unusual or distressing behaviour.
What are the symptoms?
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