Think about it, the average teenager in this world has just been diagnosed with an incurable type of dementia that will change their life forever. Frontotemporal dementia (FTD) is one of the least common forms of dementia. This is when the nerve cells in the frontal lobe die and over time the brain tissue contracts. Frontotemporal dementia mainly affects people in their teens or twenties. This can have a very negative impact on young people. They begin to become aggressive, and as the illness worsens, they lose friends and have difficulty in school and understanding things. Frontotemporal dementia is a rare disease that is on the rise and affects people of the younger generation. The symptoms of frontotemporal dementia are very severe and difficult to overcome. Some symptoms are refusal to speak, personality change such as depression, repetitive behavior such as collecting objects and compulsive shaving, strange verbal, physical and sexual behavior and weight gain due to overeating. These are some of the horrible symptoms that can be observed in FTD patients. These symptoms are very harmful, they can lead the patient to be more aggressive and they tend to feel alone, lost and confused. The disease is usually hereditary. It is caused by clumps of abnormal proteins inside brain cells. These proteins are called Tau proteins and take the form of spike bodies. This slowly leads to frontotemporal dementia. It is sad to say that there is no cure for FTD. The average life expectancy after diagnosis is only five to ten years. Over time, motor problems are common and the disease worsens quickly. FTD treatment focuses on managing symptoms, particularly those affecting behavior. Doctors can prescribe...... middle of paper ......e in eye movements in FTD patients through an additional type of study. This involves FTD patients and normal patients in front of television screens while researchers record their eye movements. They show things like pictures on the monitor and ask patients questions about them. This can help identify mental decline before symptoms first appear. People are hoping that with all this research, a cure will be found soon. In conclusion, frontotemporal dementia is a type of Alzheimer's disease that is found in adolescents and strongly affects them in a negative way. When people are young, they just want to make life easier and have fun. When they learn they have FTD, it's like their whole world shatters and they feel an emptiness inside of them. Frontotemporal dementia is a rare, increasingly common disease that affects younger generations...