Actor Bruce Willis has been diagnosed with a disease called frontotemporal dementia. This has been reported by his family.
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His family further told that frontotemporal dementia is a common form of dementia which is found in people of working age from 60 years.
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There is no cure for this disease till now. This is a reality that may change in the years to come.
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Willis has worked in blockbuster movies such as Die Hard, Armageddon, The Sixth Sense, and Pulp Fiction which proved to be good for his career.
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Frontotemporal dementia is also called FTD. It is a type of dementia. In this, nerve damage occurs in the frontal and temporal lobes.
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There are several types of frontotemporal dementia. Behavioral type frontotemporal dementia has nerve loss in that part of the brain which is involved in empathy, judgment, and conduct. controls.
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Primary progressive aphasia degenerates the parts of the brain that control speaking, writing, and understanding.
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Doctors use brain imaging techniques, such as MRI, to diagnose FTD.The result is analyzed based on the patient's medical history and symptoms.
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With the help of medicines, its symptoms get relief, but with time the condition of this disease gets worse.
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