Frontotemporal Dementia

Also Know As Picks Disease

Frontotemporal dementia

This illness affects the brain which is related to personality and behaviour. When there is Frontotemporal Dementia, the frontal and temporal lobes shrink. Depending on the portion of the brain affected is the effect of Frontotemporal Dementia. People with Frontotemporal Dementia can have changes in their speech and personality. They can also have difficulty in understanding even their native language. Their social skills can also be affected, which can make them awkward to some people. Because of these symptoms of Frontotemporal Dementia, it is sometimes mistaken to be a psychological problem. This disease looks like Alzheimer’s but happens to much younger individuals.

Efficacy of Alternative and Other Treatments According to GRADE* Ranking:

Gingko [2, 3, 4, 5, 6]:

Please note, this management does NOT treat the condition itself. It may mildly help with some of the symptoms, and even then has insufficient evidence to back up this claim at present.

Recommendation: No Recommendation (Research on claims that Ginkgo helps to treat symptoms of dementia have yielded mixed results)

Grade of Evidence: Low Quality of Evidence

* www.gradeworkinggroup.org

Summary Reference

Treatment:

1. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20040554

2. Ades T, Alteri R, Gansler T, Yeargin P, "Complete Guide to Complimentary & Alternative Cancer Therapies", American Cancer Society, Atlanta USA, 2009

3. http://www.cancer.org/Treatment/TreatmentsandSideEffects/ComplementaryandAlternativeMedicine/HerbsVitaminsandMinerals/ginkgo

4. http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/druginfo/natural/patient-ginkgo.html

5. http://nccam.nih.gov/news/newsletter/2010_may/ginkgostudy.htm

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