| Alzheimer's disease is a severely progressive | | | | confusion. |
| neurological disease of the brain which leads to the | | | | I just read a statistic that there are estimated to be |
| irreversible loss of neurons and the irreversible loss of | | | | between 2.4 million and 4.5 million Americans who |
| intellectual abilities. My Father had this miserable | | | | have the disease. Rather scary, it is said the longer |
| disease and to watch that brilliant man go from | | | | we live the greater the odds for you and I to be |
| running a large corporation to running nothing was a | | | | one of the statistics. Some history on the subject; |
| painful thing to watch. It is incurable and causes | | | | the name Alzheimer's disease was named after |
| death. After we lost our Father, we lost my wife's | | | | Aloysius Alzheimer, who was a German |
| uncle to the same disease and now we are forced to | | | | neuropathologist and psychiatrist. He is credited, if |
| watch two neighbors who are succumbing to this vile | | | | that is the word, with identifying the first published |
| disease. I am an avid researcher and writer of | | | | case of "presenile dementia" in 1906. He had a 51 |
| slowing down the aging process but have found little | | | | year old patient who had the distinct behavioral |
| hope for those who suffer this affliction. However, | | | | symptoms which did not fit any existing diagnosis; his |
| there are some new products available that may | | | | patient is to have told the doctor "I have lost |
| slow the advance of this disease. It provides some | | | | myself". After watching my Father succumb to this, I |
| hope. Now this disease also causes the loss of | | | | could not explain it any better. |
| memory and reasoning which will become severe | | | | A doctor can diagnose most cases, however, |
| enough to impede a person's social or occupational | | | | nobody can be absolutely sure until after death and a |
| functioning. | | | | microscopic examination of the brain can be |
| This disease is also known as simply Alzheimer's and | | | | conducted. What can be done? It is a terminal |
| senile dementia. This disease while running its course | | | | disease; it can not be cured and will end in death. |
| develops plaques and tangles within the structure of | | | | However, there are various medications which can |
| the brain. Consequently brain cells are caused to die. | | | | slow down the process of this disease, and there are |
| Those who suffer this insult also have a deficiency in | | | | other medications that can improve upon the |
| the levels of some vital brain chemicals which are | | | | symptoms. Should you suspect a loved one has this |
| involved with the transmission of messages to the | | | | disease, get some advice and help quickly. Get your |
| brain. Simply said, when eating they may not be able | | | | answers and options now, not later. Reach out to |
| to differentiate between a piece of meat and a piece | | | | someone who knows! |
| of bread. They are also very prone to fear and | | | | |