Mi dad had dementia from NALFD (non alcoholic fatty liver disease) his brain was kind of "whole" (contrary to alzheimer) but his liver could not clean toxins from his blood so he got hepatic encephalopathy which caused brain damage. Its like having cirrhosis but not from alcohol but from years and years of abusing sugar.
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Reply to ELI5: Alzheimer's is dementia, but not all dementia is Alzheimer's. So what is the difference? by degobrah
Mi dad had dementia from NALFD (non alcoholic fatty liver disease) his brain was kind of "whole" (contrary to alzheimer) but his liver could not clean toxins from his blood so he got hepatic encephalopathy which caused brain damage. Its like having cirrhosis but not from alcohol but from years and years of abusing sugar.