Alzheimer's Disease

It is true that most Alzheimer's disease victims will eventually need constant care.

whaT ARE THE EARLY SIGNS.

electrical stimulation of the brain, particularly the frontal lobe

Emil Kraepelin and Alois Alzheimer co-discovered Alzheimer's disease. Alois Alzheimer studied a 51 year old patient named Mrs. Auguste Deter in 1901 and became his obsession for 5 years until her death in 1906. Mrs. Deter showed peculiar symptoms such as short term memory and other odd behaviors. By 1911 Scientists were diagnosing Alzheimer's disease in America.

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It's highly unlikely! Mix with good minds, not simple people, and constantly work on improving yourself and follow your passion. Don't over think, don't take drugs, and don't let other people control your mind. It's yours, no one elses!!

In Alzheimer's disease, the first part of the brain to deteriorate is typically the hippocampus. This region is crucial for memory formation and spatial navigation. As the disease progresses, the damage spreads to other areas of the brain, affecting cognitive functions and daily activities. Early degeneration of the hippocampus is often linked to the early symptoms of memory loss characteristic of Alzheimer’s.

Alzheimer's disease.

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alzheimers

there are many ways it affects the families. in my experience, i have seen families display alot of frustration and depression. once the member with alzheimer's gets to a point where they may not recognize their family, i have seen family members become very frustrated. it is important to remember that the person is still there, it is just the disease causing their actions. they still need to be loved and need their family to be patient and understanding with them.

A family member with mild Alzheimer's, or who is in the early developing stages of the disease, can live a good life on their own, with minimal help from their families. When the disease progresses, however, it is best that either a family is in constant contact with the afflicted member or (if it's very progressed) that that member be placed into a care home, or have a 'home-stay' program implemented in their lives. Having a loved one not recognize you can be heartbreaking and deeply affect everyone in the family. You need to be constantly involved in their lives once they're severely affected, and not having them know you can put a lot of strain on you. It isn't either party's fault when it comes to becoming aggrivated or frustrated. It's a very emotionally trying time when it comes to having a loved one with this disease. People with Alzheimer's can also become very upset and sometimes violent or angry, so a family has to be prepared to deal with that.

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Alzheimer's commonly causes weight loss. Some medications that are used to treat Alzheimer's such as zyprexa and seroquel are know to cause weight gain.

it defects the brain so you cant function the same

No one knows how Alzheimer's disease will affect health care costs in the future. In some parts of the field of health, it is difficult to predict the future based on the past. Polio gives an example. A horrible disease is preventable by a vaccine. Now, it only exists in Islamic countries. Only old people suffer from its crippling effects in the Western World. Research into Alzheimer's disease shows hope. Probably, the vaccine is about 6 or 7 years away. Until then, costs will rise as people live longer and more people get Alzheimer's. After that date, new cases will level off as more and more people are willing to undergo vaccination. Then the costs will go way down as the only people with the disease will be those refusing to get vaccinated due to religious reasons.

If it's a placebo it is by definition very unlikely to work if the patient is aware it's a placebo. Prescribing a placebo to an unaware patient would be unethical (at least under UK guidelines)

Additionally the benefits of a placebo in a condition where the pathology of the disease has few emotional components are likely to be limited. Placebos tend only to work on conditions with an "emotive" component; that is some form of downwards regulatory pathway from higher centres which can be activated to supress symptoms. For example perception of pain has a large higher control component (via the peri-aqueductal grey matter) which can be activated by placebo analgesics.

Neurofibrillary tangles are twisted masses of protein fibers inside nerve cells, or neurons.

People do not die from Alzheimer's. There is always another cause of death, usually cardiac arrest. Alzheimer's does acerbate the death process though.

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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.)

One cause is frequent flus and colds. The more you get sick, the more the chance you could develop alzheimers increases.

Also, some products such as deoderant that contain aluminum contribute to the disease.

Alzheimer's disease is characterised by confusion, memory failure, disorientation, restlessness, agnosia (total or partial loss of ability to recognise familiar objects), speech disturbances, hallucinations and the inability to carry out purposeful movements.

The way you deal with people with Alzhiemer depends on the degree of their disease. The best way to deal with them is with patients, they can not help the things they say and do.

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There are a few tricks of language that can be learned to mask the disease from occasional visitors. My mother used them all. She's 86, and has been diagnosed for 3 years. I saw her only occasionally as we lived a distance apart. 1) When asked directly: " Ask your father, I'm busy right now." 2) When discovered to be incorrect: "Oh yes! That's right, what was I thinking" 3) When discovered to be incorrect: " Oh, you know I was just kidding" 4) When asked directly :" That's right up your alley. You should know better than anyone. 5) When asked directly: "I'm not a spring chicken you know" Now not everyone that utters these phrases has something to hide... and they won't hide the disease, from anyone that spends some time with the patient, for more than a month ... But remember it is embarrassing for the patient not to be able to recall an answer, and only natural to try to cover up. Be forgiving of their mistakes, and forgetfulness. The disease is terrifying because you don't know there is anything wrong, or if you do, it's forgotten in a short time, and you are back to square one, not knowing. You know how ridiculous you feel for losing the car keys.....when you finally find them. Imagine finding them and not knowing their purpose.