Alzheimer's Disease

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It is now medically proven that cats can get a form of dementia. It has been found that the same plaque build up around the brain that happens in humans also happens in cats. This can lead to very similar symptoms as humans.

Home health care companies can help the patient make travel plans, and can arrange for oxygen when the patient arrives at his or her destination.

Alzheimer's disease

No, most won't. There are actually three divisions of senior day care: social, health-focused, and dementia-related. You'll need to put an adult with dementia in a day care center specifically for dementia patients.

Someone who has severe Alzheimers needs constant monitoring, while the milder symptoms might make a person just slightly confused. If the symptoms are severe only specialized day care won't be equipped to handle it.

Psychologists are helpful to Alzheimer's disease patients and their families. They treat the behavioral and psychological problems associated with the illness as well as helping to cope with the diagnosis itself.

In general, disease typically increases slow activity such as theta or delta waves, but decreases fast activity such as alpha and beta waves.

Alzheimer's can cause sleepiness and loss of appetite.

26 million people world wide have Alzheimer's disease.

Approximately 40% of patients with Alzheimer's disease also have LBD. Data from autopsy results in Europe and Japan reveal similar frequencies as reported in studies from the United States

Alzheimer's disease is more common in women, because the hormone estrogen. Estrogens are neuroprotective with respect to neuronal degeneration, growth, and susceptibility to toxins. The cyclic fluctuations of estrogens and progesterone enhance the response to stress, which confers susceptibility to depression and anxiety.

Alzheimer's Disease has many symptoms. Some of the early signs and symptoms of Alzheimer's Disease include challenges in planning or problem solving, memory loss that effects daily life, confusion with times and places, and problems with speaking or writing words.

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Caring for an elderly person with dementia has many additional challenges. A medical alert system can be one device that can bring peace of mind to those with loved ones who suffer from dementia. Assisted-living and senior housing centers also exist (for a monetary as well as emotional price) for those who need additional care. For more advice about caring for seniors with dementia, please visit the link in the related links.

There is no treatment for cortical atrophy of the brain; just support and nursing care.

The effect of this disease is the ability to do for yourself and to feed yourself and tie your shoe and it basically takes over your mind to where the point where you forget everything even the ability to talk

Because they inhibit acetylcholinesterase, an enzyme that break down the neurotransmitter acetylcholine.

Acetylcholine has different functions - in the brain, it is involved in cognitive processes and memory, in the periphery it makes connection between nerves and muscles possible. Nerve gases kill people because they inhibit the breakdown of acetylcholine - too much of it and the muscles won't relax, leading to spasms, status epilepticus and eventually death by respiratory depression.

Many Alzheimer's medication works similarly, just in the central nervous system - slightly higher levels of acetylcholine will help the brain function better, countering the degenerative effects of the disease.

Faulty genetic instructions

I have been taking care of my mother for 12 years. She lives with me. She is now to the point where she falls frequently, and requires some sort of care. My brother has been designated by my mother has her power of attorney as well a the person to make medical decisions.

I work full time, and can't afford to quite my job. So my brother wants to have a full time nurse move into my home. Is this legal? Can he make decisions without my input. I should point out the home is mine and my husbands.

Most do at least until the last stages of it, though they may forget that they do and only realize it again when trying to communicate or think of something.

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.

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Get a skin cream and you might consider changing what you are using for shaving. Sounds like you have a reaction.

Genes like ApoE4 and other factors are the primary causes for the disease of Alzheimers to develop in a person's body.

Metals have been implicated in neurodegenerative diseases, although it is unlikely that they are the sole cause for any of them. Interest in a possible connection between aluminum and Alzheimer's disease arose when autopsies of the brains of Alzheimer's patients revealed higher than normal concentrations of aluminum. The toxicity of aluminum has been the subject of much controversy in the past few decades. Although it is generally believed that the metal is harmless to human health, a role for aluminum in Alzheimer's disease has been suggested. The exact mechanism of aluminum toxicity is not known and a direct causal role has not been determined. Many scientists believe that the buildup of aluminum in the brain of Alzheimer's patients is the result of damage to nerve cells, rather than the cause of this damage. Some studies have even suggested that the processing of the brain tissue at autopsy may artificially raise aluminum levels. However, there is some evidence showing that aluminum compounds may increase the formation of agents called reactive oxygen species. These substances, which are constantly formed in the human body, have been shown to damage proteins and play a role in various diseases. In relation to Alzheimer's disease, these compounds may play an important role in nerve cell damage. Aluminum is also known to alter the activity of several key enzymes in the central nervous system. Further, there are also some studies showing elevated risk of Alzheimer's disease in areas where there is high concentration of aluminum in drinking water. This is in contrast to many studies examining antacid exposure and Alzheimer's disease that have been largely negative (antacids contain thousands of times more aluminum than the amounts taken in through drinking water). Exposure to aluminum from cooking utensils, baking powder, deodorants, or antacids is not sufficient to cause the disease. In total, these studies provide some evidence that potential links between aluminum and Alzheimer's disease exist, but this area requires continued research efforts.