Cervical Facet joint Medial. branch block and Rhizotomy. If you are reading this, chances are you have chronic neck pain and have responded to a facet joint. injection/s. Before reading this brochure please make sure you have read the brochure on cervical. facet joint injections. Unfortunately, the relief from facet blocks are temporary and often short-. lived.
Usually, only about one in three people show a positive response to such drugs. There are around 100 different types of dementia. However Alzheimer's disease is the most common form, affecting 62% of those living with dementia. Many of these people will have a mixed pattern of dementia with the second most common type-vascular dementia-also contributing to their condition.
Dementia is not a single disease, but is an umbrella term for a group of conditions that damage the brain. In fact, there are more than 200 types of dementia. Alzheimerâs disease, which accounts for 60 to 70 per cent of cases, is the most common form. One of the main features of Alzheimerâs â and all forms of dementia â is that the brain shrinks.