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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
National
Tracy Gayton

Mum thought she had dementia but it was curable disease that mimics the same symptoms

When Jackie Middleditch started to experience confusion, mobility problems, and incontinence in her mid-60s, her family thought they were losing her to dementia. And with no cure available, the future looked bleak.

Amazingly, today Jackie, 70, is back to her old self – her mental agility is restored and her wheelchair put away – after it was discovered she was actually suffering from a curable disease that only mimics the ­symptoms of dementia.

Former children’s worker Jackie says: “My husband Clive and I had both retired by the time I first became ill, in 2016.

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