Hello folks !
In this episode i will be talking about Alzheimer's, what is it, and how it affects the brain!
To start, we have to talk a little bit about dementia, because about 70% of demencia cases are Alzheimer's . Demencia involves a decline in cognitive skills used to perform on ours daily basis activities.
Alzheimer's this disease is associated with the accumulation of plaques and tangles in the brain. This damage initially appears to take place in the hippocampus, the part of the brain essential in forming memories. As neurons die, additional parts of the brain are affected.
Alzheimer's is like the pacman game, but instead of pacman we have the disease and instead of the little points we have brain cells. In the beggining the person can do everything normal, but with time more and more brain cells tend to die, and the pacient start to forget things.
Want a bad notice? The older a person is, the more likely they are to developed Alzheimer's, although is not a normal part of aging.
Symptoms of Alzheimer's diseases include de decrease in the ability to think and to remember.
Alzheimer's is a progressive disease, where dementia symptoms gradually worsen over a number of years. In its early stages, memory loss is mild, but with late-stage Alzheimer's, individuals lose the ability to carry on a conversation, they start to forget familiar faces, even how to eat ...
Currently, there is no cure for Alzheimer's. But drug and non-drug treatments may help with both cognitive and behavioral symptoms. Alzheimer's is the sixth leading cause of death in the United States.
I had a great grandfather who had Alzheimer's, and is was really progressive. I only visited him once in a while, so i could see the changes. He started to forget small things, later he forgots who i am, and more distant familiar. His daughter had to take care of him, and in later stage, she has to do everything for him. He cant even go to the bathroom, believe me, it's really hard and stressful. Years passed and he can't even remember his daughter the only things he never forgot were his dog and is deceased wife.
Thanks for the attention, hope you enjoyed the reading and understand a little bit more about Alzheimer's.
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