A scan revealed the former ITV News presenter had had a serious of minor strokes.
Ms Mitchell told PA: “I think he articulated really well and I would stress, obviously, everyone’s journey is a bit different, particularly vascular dementia, it does depend which part of your brain experiences that damage.
“So some of the symptoms could align with a stroke, but some of them will also be about… damage to your brain,” Ms Mitchell said. “So Alzheimer’s disease, which is kind of the main disease that causes dementia, takes place in a certain part of your brain where your memory is… one of the classic symptoms for Alzheimer’s disease is memory loss.
She added: “Unfortunately, once you have one stroke, you are at greater risk of another… you see some brain damage, if you then have a lot of subsequent strokes or an infarction… you might then see further damage.
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