| Alzheimer's is a neurodegenerative
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| | significant memory loss the patient tries
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| disease that is typified by progressive
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| | to shields himself or herself from
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| weakening of cognitive skills, affecting
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| | anything that they find unfamiliar, as a
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| all aspects of day to day activities. A
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| | result the person can become highly
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| person suffering from Alzheimer's is
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| | confused and get lost easily and
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| likely to undergo severe behavioral
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| | frequently.
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| changes.
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| | In the next stage, the victim of
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| Emil Kraepelin was the first person to
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| | Alzheimer's starts seeking assistance to
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| identify the symptoms of Alzheimer's
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| | carry out those tasks that require heavy
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| disease. Alois Alzheimer, who was a
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| | lifting. Their speech starts getting
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| German psychiatrist, studied typical
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| | affected and quite frequently they stop
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| neuropathology for the first time in the
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| | abruptly after saying half a sentence.
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| year 1906.
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| | Depression, irritation and restlessness
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| The distinct and the most striking
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| | are some of the common traits during this
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| symptom of Alzheimer's disease is
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| | stage of illness.
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| amnesia. In the early stages, a victim of
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| | Slowly, the individual becomes disabled.
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| Alzheimer's is quite often found to be in
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| | They may remember past incidents but
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| a confused state, and facing problems
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| | can't recall the very recent ones. In the
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| with short-term memory. There are usually
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| | advanced stage it becomes difficult for
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| problems with paying attention and in
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| | the patient to distinguish between day
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| terms of spatial orientation.
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| | and night or even recognize the faces of
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| The personality of the person affected
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| | very near and dear ones.
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| usually undergoes a massive change
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| | In the last stage of the disease,
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| coupled with frequent mood swings and the
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| | patients merely exist. They experience
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| language of the patient may be affected.
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| | total loss of memory and they are unable
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| However, it should be noted that
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| | to eat properly and cannot control
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| Alzheimer's disease does not affect
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| | themselves to any great extent. Constant
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| everyone in the same way,and this can
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| | care is needed for a patient at this
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| make the disease quite difficult to
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| | stage. The individual also becomes prone
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| diagnose.
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| | to other diseases such as pneumonia,
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| In the early stages of the illness,
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| | infections, etc. Ultimately they become
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| patients tend to lose energy and their
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| | confined to bed and this fatal stage
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| alertness of mind decreases but this
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| | leads to death.
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| change is hardly noticeable. Also, there
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| | Alzheimer's disease is not curable but
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| is loss of memory and the person may
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| | there are treatments available that can
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| become moody. Overall, the affected
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| | slow its progress and there is promising
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| person becomes slow in responding to
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| | research that may lead to a cure.
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| everyday stimuli. Eventually, due to the
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