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What causes the disease alzheima?

Alzheimer's disease is primarily caused by the accumulation of abnormal protein clumps called beta-amyloid plaques and tau tangles in the brain, leading to nerve cell damage and death. Genetic factors, age, and environmental influences also play a role in the development of Alzheimer's disease.


What is Lewy Disease?

Lewy body disease, also known as dementia with Lewy bodies, is a type of dementia that shares similarities with both Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease. It is characterized by the presence of abnormal protein deposits in the brain called Lewy bodies, which can lead to cognitive decline, movement problems, and other symptoms such as hallucinations and sleep disturbances. Early diagnosis and appropriate management are important in treating this progressive neurodegenerative disease.


What Factors known to be related to a disease but not proven to be causal are called?

Those factors are known as risk factors for the disease. Risk factors are characteristics or behaviors that are associated with an increased likelihood of developing a particular disease but may not necessarily cause the disease on their own.


What are the names of the bad proteins?

There are several proteins that are associated with detrimental effects in the body. Some examples include amyloid beta, tau protein, prions, and misfolded proteins involved in neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer's and Parkinson's. These proteins can disrupt normal cellular function and lead to diseases and disorders.


Which disease is known as wool sorter's disease?

Wool sorter's disease is known as anthrax, which is a bacterial infection caused by Bacillus anthracis commonly found in livestock, especially sheep. It can affect people who work with contaminated animal products, such as wool, hides, or meat. Symptoms can range from mild skin lesions to severe respiratory and systemic infections.

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Was are Brain lesions associated with Alzheimer disease called?

amyloid plaques Sheaths


Is there a disease called short memory lost?

No there isnt. That is called Alzheimer


Can animals get Alzheimer's disease?

Animals cannot get Alzheimer's Disease (AD). However there is a disease very similar to Alzheimer's Disease that animals do get. This disease is called Cognitive Disorientation Syndrome (CDS). This disease can cause the animal to become disoriented (confused) and cause the animal to forget once-familiar people, animals, and surroundings.


What does the drug Reminyal treat?

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. Reminyl (galantamine hydrobromide) is now called Razadyne and is used for the treatment of mild to moderate dementia associated with Alzheimer's Disease. For more info: http://www.rxlist.com/cgi/generic/razadyne_ids.htm PS: i like pie


What is the governmental Alzheimers association called in the US?

The name of the government organization for Alzheimer's in the USA is called the Alzheimer's Assosiation for Alzheimer's Disease and Dementia. You can find out more about the organization on their website. Good luck.


When was alzheimer first diagnosed?

Origin of Alzheimer's Disease The disease was first described by Dr. Alois Alzheimer, a German physician, in 1906. Alzheimer had a patient in her fifties who suffered from what seemed to be a mental illness. But when she died in 1906, an autopsy revealed dense deposits, now called neuritic plaques, outside and around the nerve cells in her brain. Inside the cells were twisted strands of fiber, or neurofibrillary tangles. Today, a definite diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease is still only possible when an autopsy reveals these hallmarks of the disease. Since Dr. Alois Alzheimer's was the first person who discovered the disease, AD was named after him.


Why alzheimer's is called so?

Most diseases are named for the first person, or for the most notable or well known person to be diagnosed with this disease, or for the doctor who first identified it. So "Lou Gehrig's Disease", in the USA, was named for the famous baseball player who suffered it. In Britain, it is called "Motor Neuron Disease", and this is the same thing that Stephen Hawking has. Alzheimer's Disease was named for Dr. Alois Alzheimer, the German psychiatrist who first diagnosed and described it.


What is a memory loss disease called?

Pronounciation: all timers Spelling: Alzheimer's Disease Pronunciation is exactly the way it is spelled. Not all timers.


Who first studied Alzheimer's disease?

When you note peoples names in the name of a disease, it is often a clue to who first described or worked with the disease.On November 4th, 1906, during a lecture at the 37th Conference of South-West German Psychiatrists in Tubingen, the German neuropathologist and psychiatrist Alois Alzheimer(1864-1915,) described a peculiar disease of the cerebral cortex.


What causes the disease alzheima?

Alzheimer's disease is primarily caused by the accumulation of abnormal protein clumps called beta-amyloid plaques and tau tangles in the brain, leading to nerve cell damage and death. Genetic factors, age, and environmental influences also play a role in the development of Alzheimer's disease.


Where do the skin lesions of discoid lupus erythematosus usually appear?

only affects the skin, although similar discoid skin lesions can occur in the serious disease called systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Only about 10% of all patients with DLE will go on to develop the multiorgan disease SLE


What is it called when when your old and lose your memory?

In general this is called amnesia and someone who has amnesia is called an amnesiac. Another more 'scientific' term is dementia which covers not just loss of memory but a diminished intellectual ability.