Today Dr. Abhishek explained that Vascular Dementia occurs due to chronic reduction in cerebral perfusion. When blood flow to specific areas of the brain keeps getting compromised, neurons get repeated ischemic insults. Due to this, neuronal metabolism weakens and gradually brain cells start dying. This results in decline in memory, attention, judgement, and executive functioning. The major etiological factors responsible are long standing uncontrolled Hypertension which causes microvascular dam

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