When people getting older and older, they tends to have memory loss which may affect their personal life . Lots of people tends to use Alzheimer’s disease to refer to memory loss.
Actually the correct term for memory loss and thinking skills which disturb daily living is dementia. Alzheimer’s disease is just part of the type of dementia. It is the main contributor for dementia.
What is Alzheimer’s disease?
Alzheimer’s disease is the commonest form of dementia. It is the degenerative brain disorder. It worsen as it progress. It is common among people over 65 years of age.
What is the symptom of Alzhimer’s disease?
Early symptom of Alzheimer’s disease are memory problems however decline in other aspects of cognition, such as word-finding, vision issues, and impaired reasoning or judgment, may also signal the very early stages of Alzheimer’s disease.
As Alzheimer’s disease progresses, memory loss worsens, and changes in other cognitive abilities are evident. Problems can include, for example, getting lost, trouble handling money and paying bills, repeating questions, taking longer to complete normal daily tasks, using poor judgment, and having some mood and personality changes.
What causes Alzheimer’s disease
It is likely that the causes include some mix of genetic, environmental, and lifestyle factors.
How to diagnose Alzheimer’s disease?
Alzheimer’s disease may diagnose like checking memory and ability to carry out normal activity plus doing urine test and blood test with brain CT to rule out other possible causes of memory problem.
