Patient's question:
My mom hasn't been able to cook recently and often says she feels dizzy and has a headache. The key is, I don't really know what's going on, but she just seems a bit off mentally. Could you please explain the relationship between mental retardation and dementia?Doctor's answer:
Hello, welcome to consult. Intellectual disability and dementia are not closely related. There is no significant correlation. Intellectual disability refers to low intelligence, which may be congenital. Most are congenital, and it can be encountered at any age. Dementia mostly refers to Alzheimer's disease, which is commonly known as Alzheimer's disease, or vascular cognitive impairment, which is vascular dementia. These are all caused by postnatal factors. They are closely related to age.