20 Things To Know About Alzheimer's Disease

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Alzheimer's facts

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“I think he has Alzheimer’s disease,” the wife of a man in his 70s began. Larry was having difficulty concentrating, had problems with memory and wasn’t able to work anymore. He seemed depressed all the time. We did some testing and found that all those years of welding had built up a large amount of heavy metals in his body — including lead. After a series of chelation treatments to “get the lead out,” his wife said, “He’s like a teenager! He smiles again. He’s working, laughing, playing with the grandchildren, and,” she leans forward and whispers, “we have sex again.”

Alzheimer’s is a decline in memory and cognition, which means, the ability to think. There are many causes of declining mental function, as we noted above. The loss of brain function is not always Alzheimer’s disease. Unfortunately, most doctors will “diagnose” every old person with dementia as “Alzheimer’s” and not look for any other cause. It’s important for family members to know that there are many other ways to lose memory, and anyone at any age with problems thinking needs proper testing to find out why.

This topic is personally important to me because my family moved into the home of my grandparents to take care of my grandfather, who was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease. It was a very difficult job for four adults to manage his care because he didn’t recognize us or even his wife of more than 50 years. Now, I’m told I’m at an increased risk of having this disease, so I have tried to find how to avoid it. Continue to read: sciencedaily.com

Read more here: http://www.bnd.com/2012/02/07/2047945/obama-to-seek-more-alzheimers.html#storylink=cpy

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