{"id":18206,"date":"2023-12-16T11:38:10","date_gmt":"2023-12-16T06:08:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=18206"},"modified":"2025-04-05T09:22:38","modified_gmt":"2025-04-05T03:52:38","slug":"ftd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/ftd\/","title":{"rendered":"What is Frontotemporal Dementia (FTD)?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>About Frontotemporal Dementia (FTD)<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>FTD is an\u00a0uncommon type of dementia that\u00a0causes problems with behaviour and language.<\/li>\n<li>Dementia is the name for problems with mental abilities caused by gradual changes and damage to the brain.<\/li>\n<li>FTD\u00a0affects the front and sides of the brain (the frontal and temporal lobes).<\/li>\n<li>Causes:\n<ul>\n<li>The\u00a0cause of FTD is unknown.<\/li>\n<li>Researchers\u00a0have linked certain\u00a0subtypes of FTD to mutations in several genes.<\/li>\n<li>Some people with FTD\u00a0have\u00a0tiny structures, called Pick bodies, in their brain cells. Pick bodies\u00a0contain an abnormal amount or type\u00a0of protein.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Dementia mostly affects people over 65, but\u00a0FTD tends to start at a younger age.\u00a0Most cases\u00a0are diagnosed in people aged 45-65, although they can also affect younger or older people.<\/li>\n<li>Like other types of dementia, FTD\u00a0tends to develop slowly\u00a0and get gradually worse over several years.<\/li>\n<li>Symptoms:\n<ul>\n<li>personality and\u00a0behaviour changes<\/li>\n<li>language problems<\/li>\n<li>problems with mental abilities<\/li>\n<li>memory problems<\/li>\n<li>There may\u00a0also be physical problems, such as\u00a0slow or stiff movements, loss of bladder or bowel control (usually not until later on),\u00a0muscle weakness, or difficulty swallowing.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Treatment:\n<ul>\n<li>There&#8217;s\u00a0currently no cure\u00a0for FTD or any treatment that will slow it down.<\/li>\n<li>But\u00a0there are treatments that can\u00a0help control some of the symptoms, possibly for several years.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Q1) What are Proteins?<\/h3>\n<p>Proteins are large, complex molecules that play many critical roles in the body. They do most of the work in cells and are required for the structure, function, and regulation of the body\u2019s tissues and organs. Proteins are made up of hundreds or thousands of smaller units called amino acids, which are attached to one another in long chains. There are 20 different types of amino acids that can be combined to make a protein.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Frontotemporal Dementia is an uncommon type of dementia that causes problems with behaviour and language.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":18207,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-18206","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18206","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18206"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18206\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18207"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18206"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18206"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18206"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}