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Alzheimer’s disease is the most common form of dementia, affecting up to 70% of all people with dementia. It was first recorded in 1907 by Dr Alois Alzheimer. Dr Alzheimer reported the case of Auguste Deter, a middle-aged woman with dementia and specific changes in her brain. For the next 60 years Alzheimer’s disease was considered a rare condition that afflicted people under the age of 65. It was not until the 1970s that Dr Robert Katzman declared (rather boldly at the time) that senile dementia and Alzheimer’s disease were the same condition and that neither were a normal part of aging. Risk factors Ageing. Caucasian. Family history. Small increased risk - 3.5-fold increase if a first-degree family member is affected. It is more common in women. (67% is in women, and 55% in men, unlike other types of dementia.) Apolipoprotein E4 variant - the largest known genetic risk factor in late-onset sporadic Alzheimer's disease, but wide differences in prevalence of the genotype in populat...

Do you have family members who suffer from Alzheimer's ? Do not just frustrated with the patient. As well as you, people with Alzheimer's need help. Here are some tips worth trying by families and patients suffering from Alzheimer's . Create a daily schedule that is simple, like a meal schedule, taking medication, bowel, and other routines that simplify your routine monitoring of the patient. This schedule is also useful for patients who are accustomed to doing something simple that maintain cognitive abilities. Use simple words so that patients can better understand the message you convey. Encourage the patient to talk about the past. This is to help stimulate memory. If necessary, use a tool such as the memorable photo, video, or song that can make the patient to remember the past. Lastly, do not ignore the feelings of the patient. Notice the small things that people noticed. Perhaps, a little thing that can make him regain his memory. Indeed, so far no studies or experts...

Alzheimer's Disease Alzheimer's Disease is a progressive, degenerative disorder in which the nerve cells of the brain are destroyed and the brain substance shrinks. It is a severe disorder of cognition and widespread brain atrophy that is receiving increase attention. The disease is the most common form of dementia (disorder of the mental processes) which, over a period of years, leads to a gradual decline in all areas of personal, mental, and intellectual ability. This accounts for memory loss, the disease’s primary feature. The course of the disease is different for each individual but may last for 2-20 years (the average being 5-10 years), and is not part of the normal aging process. A person who has Alzheimer’s disease and their significant others need a lot of support to safely manage the person at home for as long as possible. Here are some guidelines for the care of a person with Alzheimer’s disease : Stabilizing Environment: Establish definite routines for care, patter...

Most Alzheimer's patients are banging their heads to find out the answer for one of the most common questions - Can vitamins help prevent Alzheimer's disease? For the benefit of these sufferers, a study was conducted in Johns Hopkins University to study the progress of Alzheimer's disease. The results did suggest that the Alzheimer patients who consumed vitamins C and E together might slow down the progress of this disease. There is always hope that there is a cure out there, and this holds true for Alzheimer's too. This dreadful disease robs millions of people of their lives and memories. As prevention is better than cure, you can reduce your risk of disease by adopting some simple measure that will be discussed in this article. Effects of Alzheimer's A great number of our senior citizens in nursing facilities have Alzheimer's disease. The main action of this disease is that it will shut down the short-term portion of the brain. The typical Alzheimer patient m...