What is primary progressive aphasia?

Primary Progressive Aphasia (PPA) is a type of dementia that may occur in individuals under the age of 65, it is a deficit of language functions. Due to brain cell degeneration, PPA affects speaking, comprehension of conversational speech, reading and writing.

How do members experience primary progressive aphasia?

Top 5 symptoms reported by people with primary progressive aphasia*

*Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.

Top treatments taken by people for primary progressive aphasia*

Who has primary progressive aphasia on PatientsLikeMe?

Age

Age Proportion # of patients
<20 0
20s 0
30s 9
40s 10
50s 24
60s 26
70+ 35

Distribution of sex

Sex

Sex Proportion # of patients
Male 41
Female 63