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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
National
Kelly-Ann Mills

Boy, 6, diagnosed with dementia as parents notice symptoms like great uncle, 80

A boy was diagnosed with childhood dementia when he was just six after his parents noticed he was displaying similar symptoms to his 80-year-old great uncle who was also battling the disease.

Kayden Traynor began having memory loss, seizures before his mobility skills and eyesight began to deteriorate.

Worried mum Valerie Traynor, 34, noticed that Kayden's symptoms were similar to those of her uncle George, who had been diagnosed with dementia a few years earlier.

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