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.
Dementia: Irreversible Causes. Dementia has many different causes, some of which are difficult to tell apart. Many medical conditions can cause dementia symptoms, especially in older people. 1  The causes of dementia include various diseases and infections, strokes, head injuries, drugs, and nutritional deficiencies. Like Alzheimer's disease, Lewy body dementia is not reversible and has no known cure. 2  The drugs used to treat Alzheimer's disease also benefit some people with Lewy body disease. 3  Huntington's disease: This inherited disease causes wasting of certain types of brain cells that control movement as well as thinking.