Although relatively rare, it is one of the most common causes of dementia in people under the age of 65, accounting for around 40% of early-onset cases.
The condition – which goes by other names, such as Pick’s disease, frontal dementia, semantic dementia, and primary progressive aphasia – tends to develop slowly, over several years.
There are three different variants of frontotemporal dementia: the “behavioral variant,” “non-fluent variant primary aphasia,” and “semantic variant primary aphasia.” Each of these will initially present differently and can be mistaken for other conditions. These symptoms reflect damage to the frontal lobes, an area of the brain involved in directing our behaviour, controlling our impulses, managing our emotions, and generating speech and movement.
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