What age group is mostly affected by alpers disease?

Answer 1

• Predominantly female. Additional risk factors include lower educational and/or occupational achievement, head injury, Down's syndrome, low estrogen levels, and family history of the disease. Risk of developing Alzheimer's Disease (AD) doubles every 5 year after the age 65. Incidence of non-familial form of AD in one's 60s is 0.6%, in 70s is 2.0%, and in 80's 10.2%. With the familial form of AD, a person may develop the disease as early as in his/her 20s. The chance of inheriting the familial form of AD is 50-50.

Answer 2

Alpers mostly affects young children, with symptoms appearing at anytime but usually between the ages of 2-4. The outlook is poor with death occuring usually between 1-10 years after onset of symptoms. It is said that 80% of Alpers patients die before the age of 2 and 20% can live up to 25 years old.

With my experience as I am an Alpers mom and involved in many Alpers and Mito disease groups, I am seeing that most children die before they can be 10 years old. Not all but most of the children. My son was 9 when he passed July 17, 2011. He had his first real symptoms at 3 1/2 with seizures. He was misdiagnosed Cerebral Palsy until 2 weeks before he died from liver and multiple organ failure. He was given depakote which is a mito-toxic drug.*** RIP Eman***

Answer 3

well im no doctor or anything but from the researchh ive done alzheimers affects older people between the ages of 60 and up and in some rare cases in the 30 s 40 s and 50s

Answer 4

Schizophrenia affects people from the teens onward.