Antibiotics and Agnosias
Briarpatch Down in Dementialand Video Diary for Nov. 20, 2009
BJ finally get his antibiotic prescription and Jack complains about lost specimens, health care delivery and cigarettes. Thanks to an interview on Terry Gross' Fresh Air, Jack learned about agnosias, a term that means "without knowledge". It is used to describe a family of related symptoms affecting dementia and Alzheimer's patients. It is sometimes reassuring to be able to put a name to a symptom.
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