Alzheimer's: progression of the disease can be slowed with medication
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Alzheimer's disease is one of several forms of dementia that worsen over time, affecting memory, thinking and behavior. Risk factors for developing the disease include aging, a family history of the disorder, and having a specific combination of genes for proteins that appear as abnormal in the disease. Other factors that are not as well proven include a history of head trauma, being female and a long-standing history of hypertension.
There are two types of the disorder: early- and late-onset. Early-onset is less common, with symptoms that progress rapidly appearing before the age of 65. It has been known to run in families.
The late-onset form is more common and appears after the age of 65. Symptoms include difficulty with cognitive skills, memory, forgetting names and events, taking more time to perform routine activities, misplacing items, losing interest in things that were once enjoyed, becoming lost while driving down a familiar street, an inability to multitask, depression, using poor judgment, losing keys or personal items, dressing inappropriately at different times of the year and hallucinating.
Some medical conditions can cause dementia or worsen its symptoms, such as anemia, medication intoxication, thyroid disease and a vitamin deficiency. Unfortunately at this stage, there is no cure for Alzheimer's, but progression of the disease can be slowed with medication. Continue to read: annarbor.com
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