TYLER, Texas (KLTV) -Lewy Body Dementia: The Disease You’ve Never Heard Of

It’s the second most common type of dementia, after Alzheimer’s, yet many remain unfamiliar with its challenges.

“The most common disease that people have never heard of.”

That’s how 73-year-old Don Kent of Tyler describes Lewy Body Dementia. Kent, who spends many days at the Alzheimer’s Alliance of Smith County sharing his story, was diagnosed in 2017.

“I went to neurologists in Dallas, Tyler, New Orleans, was told nothing was wrong with me,” he recalls.

His diagnosis finally came after a visit to the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota. “I had never heard of it,” he says.

What is Lewy Body Dementia?

LBD is characterized by the buildup of abnormal protein deposits, called Lewy bodies, in the brain. These deposits disru

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