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Correct Answer » D Explanation

Ans.  ‘D’ i.e., Alzheimer’s disease

Reversible causes of dementia

* Surgically treatable:- Normal pressure hydrocephalus, brain tumors (frontal lobe tumor), meningioma, subdural hematoma due to head injury, hydrocephalus.

* Medically treatable:- Depression, hypothyroidism, alcohol abuse, vitamin B 12/folate/Niacin deficiency, any metabolic or endocrine disturbance, neurosyphilis, Hashimoto’s encephalopathy, Wilson’s disease, celiac disease, Whipple’s disease, chronic meningoencephalitis, drugs and toxin (toxic dementia).

Irreversible causes of dementia:–

* Alzheimer’s disease, vascular (multi-infarct) dementia, Parkinsonism, Huntington’s chorea, Lewy body dementia, Pick’s disease.