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.
Metabolic dementia can be caused by various health conditions that change normal physical and chemical processes that occur in your body. Examples of conditions that can lead to metabolic dementia include: 1  endocrine disorders (such as Addisonâs disease or Cushingâs disease).ognitive changes and memory loss are often subtle at first and increase over time. Most cases of dementia are not detected until months or years after they begin. Various health conditions can contribute to the development of dementia. One particular type of dementia can occur as a result of changes in metabolism.