Multi-Infarct Dementia
Alternate Names : MID
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Calling Your Health Care Provider
A routine visit to your health care provider should be made soon after any symptoms suggestive of vascular dementia appear. Go to the emergency room or call the local emergency number (such as 911) if a sudden change in mental status develops. This is an emergency symptom of stroke and should be thought of as a "brain attack" as it may represent the brain equivalent of a heart attack. If treated early, damage related to larger strokes involved in MID (which produce symptoms and rapid progression) may possibly be reduced. This can only be done, however, within three hours of the onset of symptoms.
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