# English-Chinese/Dementia

Dementia is a broad category of brain diseases that cause a long-term and often gradual decrease in the ability to think and remember that is great enough to affect a person's daily functioning.
痴呆症是一类广泛的脑疾病，导致思维和记忆能力的长期且往往逐渐降低，这足以影响一个人的日常功能。

## Cauliflower prevents dementia

Cauliflower helps the development of the brain, which can prevent dementia.
花椰菜 帮助 大脑 发育，可预防 痴呆症。

## Common mental disorders

Common mental disorders in the world include depression about 400 million, dementia about 35 million, and schizophrenia about 21 million people.
世界上常见的精神障碍包括抑郁症约4亿，痴呆症约3500万，精神分裂症约2100万人。

## Common symptoms of dementia include emotional problems

Common symptoms of dementia include emotional problems, language problems, slow response and lack of motivation.
痴呆症的常见症状包括情绪问题，语言问题，反应缓慢和缺乏动力。

## Consciousness is usually not affected by dementia

A person's consciousness is usually not affected by dementia.
一个人的意识通常不受痴呆症的影响。

## Dementia is a general term for a decline in mental capacity

Dementia is a general term for a decline in mental capacity that is severe enough to interfere with everyday life. Memory loss is one of its symptoms.
痴呆症是心智能力下降的一般术语，其严重程度足以干扰日常生活。 记忆力减退是其症状之一。

## Dementia is not only a memory loss

Dementia is not only a memory loss. It also affects the way of speaking, thinking, feeling, and behaving.
痴呆症不仅是记忆丧失。 它还影响说话，思考，感觉和行为的方式。

## Dementia was reclassified as a neurocognitive disorder

In the DSM-5, dementia was reclassified as a neurocognitive disorder, with various degrees of severity.
在DSM-5中，痴呆症被重新归类为神经认知障碍，具有不同程度的严重程度。

## Efforts to prevent dementia

Efforts to prevent dementia include trying to decrease risk factors such as high blood pressure, smoking, diabetes, and obesity.
预防 痴呆症 的 努力 包括 尝试 降低 高血压，吸烟，糖尿病 和 肥胖 等 风险 因素。

## High blood pressure increases the risk of many diseases

High blood pressure increases the risk of heart disease, heart failure, stroke and other diseases including kidney disease and dementia.
高血压会增加心脏病，心力衰竭，中风和其他疾病（包括肾病和痴呆症）的风险。

## In older people with dementia, the use of olanzapine increases the risk of death

In older people with dementia, the use of olanzapine increases the risk of death.
在患有痴呆症的老年人中，使用奥氮平会增加死亡风险。

## Less common causes of dementia

Less common causes of dementia include normal pressure hydrocephalus, Parkinson's disease dementia, syphilis, and Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease among others.
痴呆症的不常见原因包括正常压力性脑积水，帕金森病痴呆，梅毒和Creutzfeldt-Jakob病等。

## More than one type of dementia may exist in the same person

More than one type of dementia may exist in the same person.
同一个人可能存在多种类型的痴呆症。

## Other common types of dementia

Other common types of dementia include vascular dementia (25%), Lewy body dementia (15%), and frontotemporal dementia.
其他常见类型的痴呆包括血管性痴呆（25％），路易体痴呆（15％）和额颞叶痴呆。

## Small proportion of cases of dementia run in families

A small proportion of cases of dementia run in families.
一小部分痴呆症病例发生在家庭中。

## The mini mental state examination for dementia

The mini mental state examination for dementia is one commonly used cognitive test.
痴呆症的迷你精神状态检查是一种常用的认知测试。

## The most common type of dementia is Alzheimer's disease

The most common type of dementia is Alzheimer's disease, which makes up 50% to 70% of cases.
最常见的痴呆类型是阿尔茨海默病，占病例的50％至70％。