The Connection Between UTI and Dementia

Study results show that people who got an infection had twice the rate of memory loss as people without infections.

Infections in dementia patients, including UTIs, can lead to hallucinations, agitation, aggression, and memory loss.

Worse yet, urinary tract infections are common in dementia patients, frequently go undetecting, and often lead to visits to the emergency room.

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How to Solve the Problem of Urinary Tract Infection in Persons Living with Dementia

One of the harshest problems that Alzheimer's and dementia caregivers face are frequent unidentified urinary tract infections. UTIs can worsen memory loss, make patients seem confused and listless, and sometimes make them seem like they are "just not there".

Researchers have found that undetected urinary tract infections are common in dementia patients. UTIs go undetected because the symptoms are hard to spot in dementia patients, and most patients cannot tell us they are feeling ill or out of sorts.

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Urinary Tract Infections Can Hasten Memory Loss

Researchers have found a link between common infections, such as a cold, stomach bug or urine infection and an increase in inflammation like reactions in the brain which lead to an increased rate of cognitive decline.

Urinary Tract Infections Can Hasten Memory Loss in Alzheimer's Patients

Researchers have found a link between common infections, such as a cold, stomach bug or urine infection and an increase in inflammation like reactions in the brain which lead to an increased rate of cognitive decline. Study results show that people who got an infection had twice the rate of memory loss as people without infections.

By Bob DeMarco 
Alzheimer's Reading Room 

Bob DeMarco

My name is Bob DeMarco, I am an Alzheimer's caregiver. My mother Dorothy lived with Alzheimer's disease.

This week my mother had her second urinary tract infection of the year. Urinary Tract infections are a problem faced by many Alzheimer's caregivers.

Urinary tract infections are particularly worrisome to me and they should be to most Alzheimer's caregivers.

There is research evidence indicating that infections can hasten memory loss in persons suffering from Alzheimer's. 

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