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Dementia due to metabolic causes - Overview

Definition of Dementia due to metabolic causes:

Dementia due to metabolic causes is a loss of mental function that can occur with diabetes, thyroid disease, and other metabolic disorders.

Causes, incidence, and risk factors:

How often this condition affects different ages, genders, and races varies based on the disorder that's causing the dementia.

Metabolic causes of dementia include:

Endocrine disorders
Metabolic disorders
- Acid/base disorders of any type
- Fluid electrolyte disorders of any type
- Hypercalcemia
- Hyponatremia
- Kidney failure with uremia
- Liver disease
- Porphyria
Nutritional disorders
- Vitamin B1 deficiency
- Vitamin B12 deficiency
- Pellagra
- Protein-calorie malnutrition

Central nervous system

Central nervous system

Reviewed last on: 2/13/2008
Luc Jasmin, MD, PhD, Departments of Anatomy & Neurological Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, CA. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

References

Farlow MR, Cummings JL. Effective pharmacologic management of Alzheimer's disease. Am J Med, 2007;120:388-397.

Goetz CG. Goetz: Textbook of Clinical Neurology. 3rd ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders;2007.