Recognizing Alzheimer's: Signs and tests
(include both genetic and environmental factors)
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Alzheimer's disease is defined as a form of dementia characterized by the gradual loss of several important mental functions. It is perhaps the most common cause of dementia in the elderly, and goes beyond just normal forgetfulness, such as losing your car keys or forgetting where you parked.
Early warning signs include memory loss that affects job and life skills, difficulty performing familiar tasks, poor or decreased judgement and changes in personality and loss of initiative.
Risk factors include age and family history such as having a sibling or parent who developed the disease.
Other risk factors that are not as well proven include a history of high blood pressure, history of head trauma and the female gender.
The two types of Alzheimer's disease, or AD, are early onset and late onset. In early onset, symptoms first appear before age 60. Early onset AD is much less common than late onset but does tend to progress rapidly. Early onset disease can run in families and several genes have been identified.
Late onset AD, the most common form of the disease, develops in people age 60 and older. Late onset AD may run in some families, but the role of genes is less clear. Continue to read: zacharytoday.com
Early warning signs include memory loss that affects job and life skills, difficulty performing familiar tasks, poor or decreased judgement and changes in personality and loss of initiative.
Risk factors include age and family history such as having a sibling or parent who developed the disease.
Other risk factors that are not as well proven include a history of high blood pressure, history of head trauma and the female gender.
The two types of Alzheimer's disease, or AD, are early onset and late onset. In early onset, symptoms first appear before age 60. Early onset AD is much less common than late onset but does tend to progress rapidly. Early onset disease can run in families and several genes have been identified.
Late onset AD, the most common form of the disease, develops in people age 60 and older. Late onset AD may run in some families, but the role of genes is less clear. Continue to read: zacharytoday.com
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