The term mineral oil was used to distinguish between the hydrocarbons produced from the underground oil reservoirs and other common oil sources like whale oil or palm oil. But, currently the term mineral oil is used to describe all the liquid and gaseous hydrocarbons and their products regardless of sources.ineral oil is purified according to its use and is available in three different grades in the market. Mineral oil is sometimes called liquid petroleum because its composition and chemical properties are the same.
While Alzheimerâs usually affects older people, and is detected as a person begins to lose memory, frontotemporal dementia causes people to lose their personalities first, and usually hits in the prime of their lives â the 30s, 40s, and 50s.
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.