Do dementia with Lewy bodies and Alzheimer's have similar survival periods of eight years post diagnosis?
While Alzheimer's disease is the most common form of dementia, studies show that dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) has a significantly shorter average survival time. This disparity challenges the assumption that dementia prognoses are uniform and prompts a closer look at the key differences in how these diseases progress and impact lifespan, particularly questioning if **do dementia with Lewy bodies and Alzheimer's have similar survival periods of eight years post diagnosis?**.