Correction Appended. Wilma Rudolph, who grew from a sickly child unable to walk into a statuesque athlete of 20 who won three gold medals as a sprinter in the 1960 Olympics in Rome, died yesterday at her home in Brentwood, Tenn., near Nashville. She was 54.
These things lead to an increased risk of pneumonia, which is the most common cause of death in people who have Alzheimer's disease. I imagine urosepsis is another cause of death. There is a blurred distinction between death caused by dementia and death resulting from dementia. Here are some interesting sources: Burns A, Jacoby R, Luthert P, Levy R. Cause of death in Alzheimerâs disease. Age and Ageing 1990;19(5):341â4.
Alzheimer's disease is the most common cause. Stroke is the second most common cause of dementia. Dementia caused by stroke is called vascular dementia. Some causes of dementia can be reversed with treatment, but most cannot. Causes that cannot be reversed. Common causes of dementia that cannot be reversed are: Parkinson's disease. Dementia is common in people with this condition. Dementia with Lewy bodies. It can cause short-term memory loss. Frontotemporal dementia, a group of diseases that includes Pick's disease. Severe head injury that caused a loss of consciousness.