| Alzheimer's disease - Comprehensive
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| | help define and group people suffering
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| overview covers symptoms, causes,
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| | from this devastating and difficult
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| treatment of this debilitating disorder.
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| | disease. With no cure the best thing you
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| Alzheimer's
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| | can do is be aware of what this disease
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| disease (AD), also known simply as
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| | may bring in the future and use this
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| Alzheimer's, is a neurodegenerative
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| | knowledge to help plan care for your
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| disease that, in its most common form, is
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| | loved one.The following are the Three
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| found in people over age 65.
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| | Main Stages:1. Early-State - In the early
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| Approximately 24 million people worldwide
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| | stage, the individual will suffer memory
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| have dementia of which the majority
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| | loss and possibly some other cognitive
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| (~60%) is due to Alzheimer's.Clinical
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| | difficulties, however, they can continue
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| signs of Alzheimer's disease are
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| | to function independently.2. Mid-Stage -
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| characterized by progressive cognitive
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| | In the mid-stage, the disease has
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| deterioration, together with declining
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| | progressed past basic memory troubles and
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| activities of daily living and by
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| | the individual's mental abilities have
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| neuropsychiatric symptoms or behavioral
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| | continued to decline. They start to
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| changes. It is the most common type of
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| | suffer personality changes and physical
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| dementia. Plaques which contain misfolded
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| | problems, and in turn become more
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| peptides called amyloid beta (A²) are
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| | dependent on caregivers.3. Late-Stage -
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| formed in the brain many years before the
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| | The late-stage is the most severe.
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| clinical signs of Alzheimer's are
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| | Individuals will suffer complete
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| observed. More than 4 million Americans
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| | deterioration of the personality and loss
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| today are affected with Alzheimer's
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| | of control over bodily functions. They
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| disease, and that number is expected to
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| | will become totally dependent on
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| escalate to approximately 12 million
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| | caregivers for even basic daily
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| within the next 30 years. This serious
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| | needs.There is no set time as to when a
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| disease is plaguing America in such a way
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| | person will progress from one stage to
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| that just about every individual has had
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| | the other. One individual may move
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| an experience with someone with
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| | quickly from the early-stage to the
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| Alzheimer's in one way or another.
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| | mid-stage, while another may stay in the
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| Alzheimer's is a devastating disease that
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| | early-stage for several years. Every
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| affects the mind, and more specifically
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| | person is different. Here is a basic
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| your memory. 1 in 8 individuals over the
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| | break down of the types of symptoms and
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| age of 65 will develop it.Risk Factors:We
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| | their severity for each stage:How is the
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| currently don't know what exactly causes
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| | diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease made?As
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| Alzheimer's, and it remains a disease
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| | of June 2007, there is no specific "blood
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| that is diagnosed by eliminating other
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| | test" or imaging test that is used for
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| possibilities. However, experts have
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| | the diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease.
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| found a number of factors that reoccur in
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| | Alzheimer's disease is diagnosed when: 1)
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| Alzheimer's patients. It is believed that
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| | a person has sufficient cognitive decline
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| a combination of the following factors
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| | to meet criteria for dementia; 2) the
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| can cause a person to be predisposed to
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| | clinical course is consistent with that
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| develop Alzheimer's.1. Family history of
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| | of Alzheimer's disease; 3) no other brain
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| the disease - especially a parent or
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| | diseases or other processes are better
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| sibling.2. Heart-disease risk factors
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| | explanations for the dementia.
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| such as high blood pressure, smoking,
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| | TreatmentCurrently, there's no cure for
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| obesity, and diabetes.3. Previous head
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| | Alzheimer's disease. Doctors sometimes
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| injury4. Environmental toxins5. Advancing
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| | prescribe drugs to improve symptoms that
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| age6. Stress- high levels of anxietyWhat
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| | often accompany Alzheimer's, including
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| Are the Symptoms of AD?AD begins slowly.
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| | sleeplessness, wandering, anxiety,
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| At first, the only symptom may be mild
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| | agitation and depression. But only two
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| forgetfulness, which can be confused with
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| | varieties of medications have been proved
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| age-related memory change. Most people
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| | to slow the cognitive decline associated
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| with mild forgetfulness do not have AD.
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| | with Alzheimer's.What can I do to help
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| In the early stage of AD, people may have
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| | myself?The first thing is not to worry
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| trouble remembering recent events,
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| | unnecessarily. A problem with
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| activities, or the names of familiar
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| | forgetfulness doesn't mean that you have
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| people or things. They may not be able to
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| | dementia.If you find yourself forgetting
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| solve simple math problems. Such
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| | certain things, you could try to give
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| difficulties may be a bother, but usually
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| | yourself memory prompts. If (for
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| they are not serious enough to cause
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| | instance) you find that you forget to buy
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| alarm.However, as the disease goes on,
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| | food, leave notes in your kitchen
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| symptoms are more easily noticed and
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| | cupboards near the back, reminding you to
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| become serious enough to cause people
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| | go to the shops. So when you come across
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| with AD or their family members to seek
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| | the notes, keep them on you until you
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| medical help. Forgetfulness begins to
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| | have bought more food.This may seem
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| interfere with daily activities.Main
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| | cumbersome, but it's only an extension of
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| Stages of Alzheimer's Disease:Experts
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| | the 'to do' lists that people make in
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| have identified a number of stages to
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| | everyday life.
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