Alzheimer

When we approach old age we see our body slowly degenerate. Our organs and our appearance start to significantly change but that happens over a long period. Just imagine that your brain ages at about double the rate as compared to your body. A similar condition happens to those with Alzheimer’s disease.

Alzheimer’s is a disease that is the most common cause of dementia. It causes brain cells to degenerate and then ultimately they start to die. It is a sort of memory loss. In this type of disease, you experience forgetting events and talks that you do. You feel difficulty in performing your day to day tasks. This disease has no permanent treatment but the symptoms can be treated at some level. It causes brain damage and then causes serious deficiencies and dehydration.

It is very important to understand the symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease to identify it at an early stage. If you can identify that at an early stage you will be able to manage the symptoms right on time and this will help you make the process of degeneration slower. To help you out we have enlisted the common symptoms below:

• Memory loss
• Difficulty in problem solving and decision
• Confusion
• The problem in finding words
• Difficulty in familiar projects
• Difficulty in understanding spatial relationships and understanding visual images
• Misplacing things
• Forget events
• Poor judgment
• Withdrawal from work
• Changes in behavior
• Depression
• Anxiety
• Stress
• Delusions
• Sleep apnea
• Apathy

There are seven stages of Alzheimer’s disease and the complications of this disease are according to a stage you are in

• Normal stage
• Normal aged forgetfulness
• Mild cognitive impairment
• Mild Alzheimer’s disease
• Moderate Alzheimer’s disease
• Moderately severe Alzheimer’s disease
• Severe Alzheimer’s disease

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Although the many causes of Alzheimer’s disease and not identified yet, still some lifestyle issues make you more prone to the development of Alzheimer’s disease. Some of such lifestyle elements that make you more prone to  this disease are mentioned below:

• Old age
• Family history
• Sex
• Mild cognitive impairment
• Post head trauma
• Sleep problems
• Heart diseases
• Stroke
• High cholesterol level
• Diabetes
• Obesity
• Lack of exercise
• Smoking
• Down syndrome

Alzheimer patient experience some complications which are mentioned below:

• Feel dental pain during communication
• Having symptoms of other diseases
• Notice medications side effects
• The problem is eating food and also in drinking
• Having pneumonia and other infections
• Bedsores
• Factures
• Malnutrition
• Dehydration

Doctors can diagnose Alzheimer disease by the following lab tests and procedures:

• By asking about family history
• By examining symptoms
• By the help of lab tests
• Neuropsychological testing
• Magnetic resonance imaging MRI
• Computerized tomography CT
• Tau pet imaging
• Amyloid PET imaging
• Fluro-de-ox glucose PET

This disease has no permanent treatment but the symptoms can be treated at some level. So, for that doctor prescribes you some useful medication to make you feel better which include:

• Cholinesterase inhibitors
• Memantine