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1. www.healthline.com › health › stages-ofUnderstanding the Stages of Frontotemporal Dementia - Healthline

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   Nov 18, 2022 · Learn about the three stages of frontotemporal dementia (FTD), a type of dementia that affects personality, behavior, and language. Find out the causes, diagnosis, and treatment options for FTD.

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   What are the 7 stages of frontotemporal dementia?

   • The following are the seven stages of frontotemporal dementia: 1. - Stage One No symptoms. The disease has not yet progressed far enough to cause any symptoms, and patients would present as 'normal' and completely healthy. 2. - Stage Two Mild symptoms begin to present themselves.

   7 Stages of Frontotemporal Dementia

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   When does frontotemporal dementia start?

   • Frontotemporal dementia is an age-related condition, but it happens sooner than most age-related conditions that affect your brain. Most people develop FTD conditions between the ages of 50 and 80, and the average age when it starts is 58. Overall, FTD appears to affect males and females equally.

   Frontotemporal Dementia: What It Is, Symptoms & Treatment

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   What are the subtypes of frontotemporal dementia?

   • Some subtypes of frontotemporal dementia lead to changes in language ability or loss of speech. Subtypes include primary progressive aphasia, semantic dementia and progressive agrammatic aphasia, also known as progressive nonfluent aphasia. These conditions can cause: Increasing trouble using and understanding written and spoken language.

   Frontotemporal dementia - Symptoms and causes - Mayo Clinic

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   • No symptoms. The disease has not yet progressed far enough to cause any symptoms, and patients would present as 'normal' and completely healthy.
   • Mild symptoms begin to present themselves. As stated above, with other types of dementia the first symptoms are memory-related, but this is not the case with frontotemporal dementia patients.
   • This is usually the stage where alarm bells begin to ring, featuring some cognitive issues, a marked deterioration in social skills and issues including changes to language use and the intellect.
   • By now it is clear to all that there is an issue with the patient. The previous almost unremarkable symptoms are now becoming pronounced, and the patient will be having difficulty with regular social interactions and will struggle with cognitive puzzles and intellectual issues.

4. www.mayoclinic.org › diseases-conditionsFrontotemporal dementia - Symptoms and causes - Mayo Clinic

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   Nov 28, 2023 · Frontotemporal dementia (FTD) is an umbrella term for a group of brain diseases that mainly affect the frontal and temporal lobes of the brain. These areas of the brain are associated with personality, behavior and language. In frontotemporal dementia, parts of these lobes shrink, known as atrophy.

5. www.hopkinsmedicine.org › frontotemporal-dementiaFrontotemporal Dementia | Johns Hopkins Medicine

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   Frontotemporal dementia (FTD), a common cause of dementia, is a group of disorders that occur when nerve cells in the frontal and temporal lobes of the brain are lost. This causes the lobes to shrink. FTD can affect behavior, personality, language, and movement.

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   Learn about frontotemporal dementia (FTD), a group of disorders that affect behavior, personality and language. FTD has three subtypes: behavioral variant FTD, primary progressive aphasia and motor disorders.

7. www.brightfocus.org › alzheimers › articleWhat Are the Stages of Frontotemporal Dementia? - BrightFocus

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   Below we’ve outlined the stages of frontotemporal dementias to see how these related disorders evolve: Early-Stage Frontotemporal Dementia. There are three primary subtypes of FTD, two of which are more common during the initial stages. During this period, disease subtypes show their most unique features.

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   Learn about frontotemporal dementia (FTD), a progressive brain disease that affects your behavior or language abilities. Find out the common symptoms, causes, diagnosis and treatment options for FTD and its subtypes.