Vascular dementia is a common type of dementia caused by reduced blood flow to the brain. It's estimated to affect around 150,000 people in the UK.SkiptomaincontentHomeHealthAtoZBacktoHealthAtoZOverview-VasculardementiaContentsOverviewSymptomsCausesTreatmentVasculardementiaisacommon typeofdementiacausedbyreducedbloodflowtothebrain.It'sestimatedtoaffectaround150,000peopleintheUK.Dementiaisthenameforproblemswithmentalabilitiescausedbygradualchangesanddamageinthebrain.It'srareinpeopleunder65.Vasculardementia tendstogetworseovertime,althoughit'ssometimespossibletoslowitdown.Information:CoronavirusadviceGetadviceaboutcoronavirusanddementia:Alzheimer'sSociety:CoronavirusinformationforpeopleaffectedbydementiaDementiaUK:CoronavirusquestionsandanswersSymptoms ofvasculardementiaVasculardementiacanstartsuddenlyorbeginslowlyovertime.Symptomsinclude:slownessofthoughtdifficultywithplanningandunderstandingproblemswith concentrationchangestoyourmood,personalityorbehaviourfeelingdisorientedandconfuseddifficultywalkingandkeepingbalancesymptomsofAlzheimer'sdisease, suchasproblemswithmemoryandlanguage(manypeoplewithvasculardementiaalsohaveAlzheimer'sdisease)Theseproblemscanmakedailyactivitiesincreasinglydifficultandsomeonewiththeconditionmayeventuallybeunabletolookafterthemselves.Getting medicaladviceSeeaGPifyouthinkyouhaveearlysymptomsofdementia,especiallyifyou'reover65yearsofage.Ifit'sfoundatanearlystage,treatmentmaybeabletostopvasculardementiagettingworse,oratleastslowitdown.Ifyou'reworriedabout someoneelse,encouragethemtomakeanappointmentwithaGPandperhapssuggestthatyougowiththem.YourGP candosomesimplecheckstotrytofindthecauseofyoursymptoms.Theycan referyoutoa memory clinicoranotherspecialistfor furthertests ifneeded.Findoutmoreabouthowtogetdementiadiagnosis.Tests forvasculardementiaThere'snosingletestforvasculardementia.Theteststhatareneededtomakeadiagnosisinclude:anassessmentofsymptoms–forexample,whetherthesearetypical symptomsofvasculardementiaafullmedicalhistory,includingaskinga