Dementia: Signs include drinking more alcohol as you get older – study

This type is considered “uncommon” and triggers problems with behaviour and language, according to the NHS.

Frontotemporal dementia targets the front and sides of your brain, also known as the frontal and temporal lobes.

Wassermann continued: “The study hypothesized that this neurodegenerative disorder harms parts of the brain responsible for reward processing, impulse control, and behaviour, contributing to alcohol abuse.”

She explained that this sign can crop as early as the age of 40 years in patients with bvFTD.