Alzheimer's, not just an old man's disease

Alzheimer's, not just an old man's diseaseHowever, older memories are oftentimes left
untouched. Because of this, patients with Alzheimer's
Alzheimer's disease, we've all hear of it but do wewill start to be less energetic and spontaneous.
really understand the disease?As the disease progress, they will have trouble
According to statistics, there are about 350,000 newlearning new things and reacting on outside stimuli
cases of Alzheimer's disease diagnosed each year inwhich gets them all confused and causes them to
the United States.exercise poor judgment.
Doing the math, you could have more than 4.5 millionThis is considered Stage 1 of the disease.
Americans by the year 2050 that would be affectedAt Stage 2 the patient will now need assistance in
by the disease.performing complicated tasks.
A grimmer outlook indicates that by 2025, there willSpeech and understanding is evidently slower.
be 34 million people worldwide Alzheimers disease.At this stage, Alzheimer's victims are already aware
Let's tackle the issue step by step. Alzheimer'sthat they have the disease which causes a whole lot
disease is a known brain disorder that is progressiveof problems like depression and restlessness.
and irreversible.At this point, only the distant past can be recalled
It is still not known where and how the disorderand recent events are immediately forgotten.
develops in the human brain neither is there any surePatients will have difficulty telling time, date and
fire cure for the disease.where they are.
What is known by medical scientists is that theThe final stage is of course the hardest, both for the
disease attacks slowly.patient and their family.
It takes its time, gnawing slowly at the victims' mindsAt Stage 3 the patient will start to lose control of a
stealing memories and causing deterioration of brainlot of bodily functions like simple chewing and
functions. Alzheimer's is a disease that causesswallowing.
irreversible dementia and is always fatal.He/she will start getting the needed nutrients through
It was German psychiatrist Dr. Alois Alzheimer whoa tube. At Stage 3, the patient will no longer
first identified the disease.remember basically anyone.
At first he noted the disease's symptoms asThey will lose bowel and bladder control and they will
"amnestic writing disordear," however when laterbecome vulnerable to third party infections and
studies were conducted.diseases like pneumonia.
Dr. Alzheimer found out that the symptoms wereOnce the patient become bedridden, things will only
more than ordinary memory loss. It was far worse.get worse. Respiratory problems will become more
Dr. Alzheimer found the presence of neurofibrillaryterrible.
tangles and amyloid plaques in the brain.It is apparent that the patient will need constant
The good doctor presented his findings which werecare. At this point, the most one can do is to make
accepted by the medical community.sure that the patient stays as comfortable as
And soon enough, by 1910 the name of the diseasepossible. At the terminal stage, death is inevitable.
was accepted and became known as Alzheimer's==========
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