Vascular dementia:

a. is a result of many small strokes

b. is what was once called amnestic infarct dementia

c. responds to the same treatments as alzheimers disease

d. affects more women than men

Vascular dementia is a result of many small strokes. The answer is letter A. Vascular dementia is caused by the reduction of blood flow to the brain that deprives the brain cells of necessary nutrients and oxygen and the effect is the decline in thinking skills. The symptoms are speaking difficulty or trouble in speech understanding, confusion, vision loss and disorientation.