no, not right now
Yes, I think so.
But I don't think it's "directly" from the disease, seeing it how Alzheimer's is a serious condition of memory loss.
I've heard of people committing suicide, some falling down stairs, some forgetting how to consume food and so on.
So, yes, by forgetting to do important things (for example walk), you can die, but you can't die from just being diagnosed with it. In other words, it's not a virus or a bacteria.
Yes.
But people can live long lives with it, and they have some treatments that helps their movements to slow down :)
But since there is no cure for it yet, people who as it will eventually wear down and die.
While Alzheimer's Disease does not "cause" actual, physical death, it progresses from stage to stage and the complications from the disease can be linked to the ultimate death of a person who has Alzheimer's.
There are several stages to Alzheimer's Disease, and everyone who might have this disease goes through them differently and at different rates.
There is no "rate" of decline from the beginning of the disease, which can start and continue for years without anyone knowing. This has been discovered by new imaging techniques, identifying "amyloid beta" deposits in the brain that will begin to appear long before any signs or symptoms of Alzheimer's appear.
The death of a person who is suspected of having Alzheimer's (there is, to date, no absolutely definitive way to "diagnose" Alzheimer's disease until the person has died and an autopsy is performed to confirm a suspected diagnosis) comes from complications of this disease.
Yes. In Alzheimer's disease there is general atrophy of the cerebral cortex. There is degeneration of neurons and deposits of a substance called amyloid (a protein) in the neurons.
Alzheimer's is a lethal, progressive, incurable brain disease that slowly destroys the brain.
Extremely. It kills you, but first it destroys your brain so you can't remember who you are or anything else.
There is no cure for Alzheimers
People with Alzheimer's disease may exhibit symptoms such as memory loss, confusion, disorientation, mood changes, difficulty with language, and impaired judgment. They may also experience changes in behavior, such as agitation, aggression, wandering, and withdrawal from social interactions. It is important to seek medical advice for proper diagnosis and management of these symptoms.
End-stage Alzheimer's Disease leads to faulty processing of neuronal signals to the heart, precipitating death due to cardiac arrhymias. Malnutrition is ofen an indirect contributor to this process.
No, probably not.
There is no cure for this disease.
What happens when you don't treat Alzheimers disease
You can check out the Alzheimers Association for information or talk with your Grandmothers doctor. Alzheimers Association would have a check list of questions that you can use to talk with her doctor.
You can find information on alzheimers disease from your local library, the internet and various support groups. It is best to start with the hospital they will have a wealth of information.
one does die of alzheimers disease, if they are taken good care of, they wont die of anything else memory related. once alzheimers disease progresses to the autonomic nervous system(involuntary)the one that controls breathing,heartrate,vasoconstriction and dialation, it kills you. it does directly kill you eventually, it will stop your heart or lungs. most people arent taken care of enough to let them get to that stage. and they do die of a self inflicted injury(falls,hyperglycemia,pneumonia etc.)
Ronald Regan died of Alzheimers disease
Alzheimers Disease
Actually, it's alzheimers. That might help!