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GB News: Alastair Stewart announcing his dementia diagnosis<\/h3>\n

Alastair Stewart was inundated with supportive messages after announcing his dementia diagnosis last month.<\/p>\n

The newsreader shared his early onset vascular dementia diagnosis on GB News and detailed what symptoms he had experienced.<\/p>\n

Alastair, 71, told viewers how he first grew concerned after feeling “discombobulated” and decided to see a doctor.<\/p>\n

A scan later determined that he had experienced “minor strokes that are called infarct strokes” but had “no idea” they were happening.<\/p>\n

Speaking to Camilla Tominey at the time, he said: “The headline story, and it is relatively dramatic, I suppose, is that about six, nine months ago, I began to feel one of my favourite words: a bit discombobulated.<\/p>\n

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“I wasn’t becoming forgetful but things like doing up your shoelaces properly – that’s how I wear these lovely moccasins now – making sure your tie was straight, remembering that the call time for your programme is four o’clock and not five o’clock, not turning up early or late, and stuff like that.”<\/p>\n

As stated by the NHS, different types of dementia can affect people differently and everyone will experience symptoms in their own way.<\/p>\n

Typical symptoms include; memory loss, difficulty concentrating, finding it hard to carry out familiar daily tasks, struggling to follow a conversation or find the right word, getting confused and mood changes.<\/p>\n

With Alastair’s type of dementia, sufferers can also experience problems with their mental abilities.<\/p>\n

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It is caused by reduced blood flow to the brain, and is estimated to affect around 180,000 people in the UK, the health website adds.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The symptoms can start suddenly or gradually. They tend to get worse over time, although treatment can help slow this down.<\/p>\n

Alastair has said the issue he has found most difficult with his health was how it had impacted his long-term wife Sally.\u00a0<\/p>\n

He said at the time: “We’ve been married for nearly half a century, and, you know, your life partner, your lover, all of those descriptions that are personal and intimate, that person is reduced – I choose my words very carefully – almost to a carer.”\u00a0<\/p>\n

The couple married back in 1978 and share four children together.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In an update shared earlier this month, the newsreader said he was struggling with a medical kit to test himself at home.<\/p>\n

Taking to X, formerly known as Twitter, he wrote: “Why is the medical kit we use at home so complicated to set up and use BP testing sets must boost readings significantly!!! @NHSEngland.”<\/p>\n

For help and support, you can visit the Alzheimer’s Society here.<\/p>\n

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